Victoria Azarenka and Clara Tauson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.21
Clara Tauson -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Clara Tauson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Azarenka won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Victoria Azarenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 20-9 | 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. 22, Victoria reached the 2nd round after defeating Camila Giorgi 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian defeated Giorgi (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match, Azarenka scored 99 points vs Giorgi’s 82. Azarenka was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka struck 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 53% of her first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Giorgi 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Azarenka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (201-96). 4-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has a composed 133-59 record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.
Azarenka has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-21 | 10-10 | 14-5 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
| 2020 | 30-7 | 8-3 | 12-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 96, Tauson reached the 2nd round after defeating Greetje Minnen 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Tauson had a good straight sets win against Minnen (7-5 7-5). During the match Tauson scored 72 points vs Minnen’s 54. The Dane was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Tauson recorded 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Clara Tauson was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Minnen 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Clara’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra.
Clara has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 24 |
| Pts | 99-82 | 72-54 |
| Total Points | 181 | 126 |
| Winners | 38 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Azarenka and Tauson played 1 match. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka dropped 1 set while Clara Tauson hasn’t lost a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set more than Tauson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Azarenka played 2 games more than Tauson. Victoria scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tauson managed to score 30 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/85 | 35/56 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 30/35 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 67% |
Azarenka made 8 aces . Tauson recorded 6 aces . Azarenka won 84% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 86% 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 | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 42% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Victoria broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belarussian dropped her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Clara conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 99-82 | 99-82 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/85 | 45/85 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tauson | |||
| R1 Minnen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 72-54 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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