Victoria Azarenka and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Althea Gibson. 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 -> 1.6
Taylor Townsend -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Taylor Townsend

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Taylor Townsend since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 26, Victoria reached the 3^rd round after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Victoria had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-1 6-2). During the match, Azarenka scored 57 points vs Cocciaretto’s 35. Victoria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Azarenka scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 79% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Cocciaretto 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Azarenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (212-101). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Azarenka has a composed 36-21 match record in the last years on clay.

Azarenka’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane and Miami.

Victoria has a compiled 15-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 68, Townsend reached the 3^rd round after beating Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-3 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (7-5 6-2). During the match Townsend scored 71 points vs Alexandrova’s 57. Taylor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Townsend recorded 7 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Taylor Townsend lost the serve once. Furthermore, Townsend put 66% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

The American has a composed 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Azarenka	Townsend
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	15	38
Pts	57-35	140-106
Total Points	92	246
Winners	28	52
%Winners	49%	37%

Azarenka played 1 match while Townsend competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Azarenka has played 2 set(s) less than Townsend (2 vs 4). Therefore, Azarenka played 23 games less than Townsend. Victoria scored 28 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 52 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Azarenka	Townsend
Aces	1	17
Avg per match	1	8.5
1st in	42/53	67/104
%1st in	79%	64%
1st pts	28/42	52/67
%1st pts	67%	78%
2nd pts	6/11	21/37
%2nd pts	55%	57%

Azarenka fired 1 ace . Townsend also made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Azarenka won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Azarenka	Townsend
Won	5	8
Converted	5/7	8/17
% Converted	71%	47%
Conceded	5	2
Saved	4	0
% Saved	80%	0%
Times Broken	1	2

The Belarussian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Victoria lost her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Townsend broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Townsend conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Azarenka
	R2 Cocciaretto	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	57-35	57-35
Total points	92	92
Winners	28	28
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/53	42/53
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	28/42	28/42
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	6/11	6/11
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Townsend
	R1 Kenin	R2 Alexandrova	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	20	38
pts	69-49	71-57	140-106
Total points	118	128	246
Winners	26	26	52
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	10	7	17
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	29/46	38/58	67/104
% 1st in	63%	66%	64%
1st pts	26/29	26/38	52/67
% 1st pts	90%	68%	78%
2nd pts	8/17	13/20	21/37
% 2nd pts	47%	65%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/9	4/8	8/17
Converted %	44%	50%	47%
Conceded	1	1	2
Saved	0/1	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Charleston

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shelby RogersRogers (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-3 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (3-6 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Madison KeysKeys (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ronnie SchneiderSchneider – Saketh-Sai MyneniMyneni (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-7⁹ 7-5) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alexander WardWard (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Tom JombyJomby (7-5 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-3 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shelby RogersRogers (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-4 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (7-2) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Astra SharmaSharma – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H and prediction