Victoria Azarenka and Magda Linette will square off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. 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 -> 1.333
Magda Linette -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Magda Linette
This will be the 3rd time that Victoria Azarenka and Magda Linette fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Azarenka won 7-5 3-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.
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. 16, Azarenka reached the 3rd round after beating Camila Giorgi 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Giorgi (6-3 6-1). During the match, Azarenka scored 58 points vs Giorgi’s 38. The Belarussian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka fired 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Azarenka put 61% of her first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Giorgi 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Azarenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (200-91). 11-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has an aggregate 137-58 match record in the last years on hard.
Victoria’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Azarenka has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 14-17 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 11-16 | 16-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Magda got to the 3rd round after defeating Evgeniya Rodina 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Linette had a good straight sets win against Rodina (6-3 6-4). During the match Linette scored 72 points vs Rodina’s 57. Linette was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Linette made 10 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 71% of her first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Linette broke Rodina 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Magda’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal Australia and at the Australian Open .
The Pole has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2016. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 58-38 | 72-57 |
| Total Points | 96 | 129 |
| Winners | 24 | 35 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Azarenka and Linette played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Azarenka and Linette have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Azarenka played 3 games less than Linette. Azarenka scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Magda recorded 35 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 45/63 |
| %1st in | 61% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 6/18 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 33% |
Azarenka scored 5 aces . Linette scored 10 aces . Azarenka won 80% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Azarenka dropped her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Magda conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R2 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-38 | 58-38 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Linette | |||
| R2 Rodina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWLL Tennis Scores in Miami
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Xinyu WangWang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Xiyu WangWang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (7-62 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Katherine SebovSebov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Evgeniya RodinaRodina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (7-64 0-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Nao HibinoHibino (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vasile AntonescuAntonescu – Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan MertlMertl – Dan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrei Stefan ApostolStefan Apostol (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Maria SakkariSakkari (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Xinyu WangWang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Belinda BencicBencic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Donna VekicVekic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Petra MarticMartic – Elise MertensMertens (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
