Emma Raducanu and Victoria Azarenka will face off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.80
Emma Raducanu -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Emma Raducanu vs. Victoria Azarenka
There is no head to head record between Emma Raducanu and Victoria Azarenka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Emma Raducanu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-22 | 17-14 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-13 | 9-8 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-19 | 10-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-9 | 18-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 13, the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Serena Williams 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Raducanu had a good straight sets win against Williams (6-4 6-0). During the match, Raducanu scored 58 points vs Williams’s 32. Raducanu was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Raducanu made 5 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Emma Raducanu was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of her 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Williams 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Raducanu has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 69% of her matches (88-39). 5-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Raducanu has a composed59-18 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Brit has an aggregate 12-14 win-loss record in 2022, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
Victoria Azarenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-12 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 22, Victoria got to the 2nd round after beating Kaia Kanepi 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Victoria defeated Kanepi (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Azarenka scored 103 points vs Kanepi’s 92. Victoria was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Azarenka blasted 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 48% of her first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (17/46) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Kanepi 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
Victoria has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2013. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Raducanu | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 |
| Pts | 58-32 | 103-92 |
| Total Points | 90 | 195 |
| Winners | 22 | 31 |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% |
Both Raducanu and Azarenka played 1 match. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka conceded 1 set while Emma Raducanu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Raducanu has played 1 set(s) less than Azarenka (2 vs 3). Therefore, Raducanu played 12 games less than Azarenka. Raducanu scored 22 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Azarenka scored 31 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Raducanu | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 43/89 |
| %1st in | 71% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 31/43 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 17/46 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 37% |
Raducanu bagged 5 aces . Azarenka bagged 6 aces . Raducanu won 76% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Raducanu | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Raducanu broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Azarenka broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Azarenka conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Raducanu | |||
| R1 Williams |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 58-32 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Kanepi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 103-92 | 103-92 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/89 | 43/89 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/46 | 17/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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