Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka will fight against each other in the quarter of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Credit one Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.46
Victoria Azarenka -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Victoria Azarenka
This will be the 6th time that Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Azarenka won 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in 2023.
Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs Jessica Pegula – Australian Open 24-January-2023
Jessica Pegula
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 36-12 | 26-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Pegula got to the quarter after beating Amanda Anisimova 3-6 6-4 7-63 and Magda Linette 6-2 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-2 6-2). During the match, Pegula scored 54 points vs Linette’s 30. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula bagged 2 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Jessica Pegula was quite effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of her 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pegula broke Linette 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jessica has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (309-170). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has a compiled 72-48 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide and San Diego.
Pegula has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Victoria Azarenka
16 - 7win/loss
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Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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 |
2020 | 18-6 | 11-3 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Azarenka reached the quarter after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1 6-2 and Taylor Townsend 6-75 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Townsend, The Belarussian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Azarenka scored 115 points vs Townsend’s 107. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Azarenka recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 72% of her first serves in, winning 67% (52/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Townsend 4 times after converting 22% of her break points (4/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Belarussian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and Miami.
The Belarussian has a composed 16-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2008 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Pegula | Azarenka |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 48 | 47 |
Pts | 170-135 | 172-142 |
Total Points | 305 | 314 |
Winners | 57 | 80 |
%Winners | 34% | 47% |
Both Pegula and Azarenka played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jessica Pegula conceded 1 set, while Victoria Azarenka surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Azarenka have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Pegula played 1 game more than Azarenka. Pegula scored 57 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian recorded 80 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Pegula | Azarenka |
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Aces | 9 | 5 |
Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.5 |
1st in | 77/135 | 120/161 |
%1st in | 57% | 75% |
1st pts | 57/77 | 80/120 |
%1st pts | 74% | 67% |
2nd pts | 33/58 | 21/41 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 51% |
Pegula blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Azarenka fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Pegula won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Pegula | Azarenka |
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Won | 8 | 9 |
Converted | 8/20 | 9/25 |
% Converted | 40% | 36% |
Conceded | 8 | 13 |
Saved | 4 | 10 |
% Saved | 50% | 77% |
Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Jessica broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Azarenka broke her opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.
Pegula | ||||
R2 Anisimova | R3 Linette | Total | ||
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Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 16 | 48 | |
pts | 116-105 | 54-30 | 170-135 | |
Total points | 221 | 84 | 305 | |
Winners | 39 | 18 | 57 | |
%Winners | 34% | 33% | 34% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
1st in | 55/95 | 22/40 | 77/135 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 55% | 57% | |
1st pts | 39/55 | 18/22 | 57/77 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 19/40 | 14/18 | 33/58 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 78% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/15 | 4/5 | 8/20 | |
Converted % | 27% | 80% | 40% | |
Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
Saved | 4/8 | 0/0 | 4 | |
Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Azarenka | ||||
R2 Cocciaretto | R3 Townsend | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 32 | 47 | |
pts | 57-35 | 115-107 | 172-142 | |
Total points | 92 | 222 | 314 | |
Winners | 28 | 52 | 80 | |
%Winners | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
1st in | 42/53 | 78/108 | 120/161 | |
% 1st in | 79% | 72% | 75% | |
1st pts | 28/42 | 52/78 | 80/120 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 6/11 | 15/30 | 21/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 4/18 | 9/25 | |
Converted % | 71% | 22% | 36% | |
Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 6/8 | 10 | |
Saved % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya – Hao-Ching Chan/Veronika KudermetovaChan/Veronika Kudermetova (6-4 0-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (3-6 6-3 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Ronnie SchneiderSchneider (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yunseong ChungChung – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (3-3) – H2H and prediction