Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.51
Victoria Azarenka -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Rybakina

This will be the 2^nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-3 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 24, Azarenka got to the semifinal after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-4 7-6³, Nadia Podoroska 6-1 6-0, Madison Keys 1-6 6-2 6-1, Lin Zhu 4-6 6-1 6-4 and Jessica Pegula 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-4 6-1). During the match, Azarenka scored 74 points vs Pegula’s 54. Victoria was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Azarenka wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 60% of her first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Pegula 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Azarenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (196-87). 7-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has a compiled 133-54 record in the last years on hard.

Azarenka has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 25, the Kazakhstani reached the semifinal after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-5 6-3, Kaja Juvan 6-2 6-1, Danielle Rose Collins 6-2 5-7 6-2, Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-4 and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Elena had a good straight sets win against Ostapenko (6-2 6-4). During the match Rybakina scored 67 points vs Ostapenko’s 52. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Rybakina blasted 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 59% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Ostapenko 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Rybakina has an aggregate 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Azarenka	Rybakina
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	12	11
Tot Games	102	102
Pts	379-307	342-260
Total Points	686	602
Winners	153	128
%Winners	40%	37%

Both Azarenka and Rybakina played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Victoria Azarenka dropped 2 sets, while Elena Rybakina conceded 1 set. Azarenka has played 1 set more than Rybakina (12 vs 11). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (102). The Belarussian scored 153 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Elena bagged 128 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Azarenka	Rybakina
Aces	12	35
Avg per match	2.4	7
1st in	214/335	159/292
%1st in	64%	54%
1st pts	153/214	128/159
%1st pts	71%	81%
2nd pts	56/121	74/133
%2nd pts	46%	56%

Azarenka bagged 12 aces (2.4 per match). Rybakina managed to score 35 aces (7 per match). Azarenka won 71% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Rybakina won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Azarenka	Rybakina
Won	26	21
Converted	26/57	21/38
% Converted	46%	55%
Conceded	32	17
Saved	20	10
% Saved	63%	59%
Times Broken	12	7

Victoria broke her opponents 26 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Belarussian surrendered her serve 12 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 21 times with a 55% conversion rate. Rybakina conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Azarenka
	R1 Kenin	R2 Podoroska	R3 Keys	R4 Zhu	1/4 Pegula	Total
Score	6-4 7-63	6-1 6-0	1-6 6-2 6-1	4-6 6-1 6-4	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	2	12
Tot Games	23	13	22	27	17	102
pts	82-71	50-22	70-61	103-99	74-54	379-307
Total points	153	72	131	202	128	686
Winners	39	21	23	45	25	153
%Winners	48%	42%	33%	44%	34%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	0	2	3	0	12
Double Faults	2	0	4	4	2	12
1st in	52/79	27/34	34/58	64/102	37/62	214/335
% 1st in	66%	79%	59%	63%	60%	64%
1st pts	39/52	21/27	23/34	45/64	25/37	153/214
% 1st pts	75%	78%	68%	70%	68%	71%
2nd pts	16/27	4/7	11/24	12/38	13/25	56/121
% 2nd pts	59%	57%	46%	32%	52%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	6	6	7	5	26
Converted	2/10	6/7	6/12	7/15	5/13	26/57
Converted %	20%	86%	50%	47%	38%	46%
Conceded	7	0	7	14	4	32
Saved	6/7	0/0	3/7	9/14	2/4	20
Saved %	86%	–	43%	64%	50%	49%
Times Broken	1	0	4	5	2	12

Rybakina
	R1 Cocciaretto	R2 Juvan	R3 Collins	R4 Swiatek	1/4 Ostapenko	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-1	6-2 5-7 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	21	15	28	20	18	102
pts	65-50	56-32	95-75	59-51	67-52	342-260
Total points	115	88	170	110	119	602
Winners	17	21	37	24	29	128
%Winners	26%	38%	39%	41%	43%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	8	6	11	35
Double Faults	4	1	1	1	3	10
1st in	22/55	24/43	45/76	30/54	38/64	159/292
% 1st in	40%	56%	59%	56%	59%	54%
1st pts	17/22	21/24	37/45	24/30	29/38	128/159
% 1st pts	77%	88%	82%	80%	76%	81%
2nd pts	19/33	11/19	20/31	11/24	13/26	74/133
% 2nd pts	58%	58%	65%	46%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	4	4	21
Converted	5/12	4/8	4/6	4/6	4/6	21/38
Converted %	42%	50%	67%	67%	67%	55%
Conceded	4	0	1	4	8	17
Saved	1/4	0/0	0/1	2/4	7/8	10
Saved %	25%	–	0%	50%	88%	33%
Times Broken	3	0	1	2	1	7

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