Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.47
Elena Rybakina -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-15 | 20-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-19 | 17-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-13 | 18-9 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-9 | 18-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-6 | 11-3 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Azarenka got to the 3rd round after defeating Astra Sharma 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-3 7-5). During the match, Azarenka scored 80 points vs Sharma’s 61. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka bagged 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 49% of her first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Sharma 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Azarenka has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (215-84). 7-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has an aggregate 146-50 match record in the last years on hard.
Victoria has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Elena Rybakina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-9 | 23-5 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-15 | 31-11 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 18-14 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 18-5 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Elena reached the 3rd round after defeating Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Van Uytvanck (6-1 7-5). During the match Rybakina scored 76 points vs Van Uytvanck’s 59. Elena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Rybakina conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 58% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Van Uytvanck 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 |
| Pts | 80-61 | 76-59 |
| Total Points | 141 | 135 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Azarenka and Rybakina played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Rybakina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Azarenka played 2 games more than Rybakina. Azarenka scored 26 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Elena recorded 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/68 | 42/72 |
| %1st in | 49% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 67% |
Azarenka bagged 2 aces . Rybakina scored 3 aces . Azarenka won 79% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 45% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Victoria broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Rybakina broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Elena was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Azarenka | |||
| R2 Sharma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-61 | 80-61 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/68 | 33/68 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Rybakina | |||
| R2 Van Uytvanck |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-59 | 76-59 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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