Victoria Azarenka and Zeynep Sonmez will play each other in the 2nd round of the Berlin Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Steffi Graf Stadion. 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 -> 1.128
Zeynep Sonmez -> 6.05
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Zeynep Sonmez
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Zeynep Sonmez since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
22 - 10win/loss
19
1
LLWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 19, Azarenka reached the 2nd round after beating Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-2). During the match, Azarenka scored 73 points vs Sakkari’s 55. Azarenka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Azarenka scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Victoria Azarenka was quite effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Azarenka broke Sakkari 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Azarenka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (219-105). 1-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Azarenka has a composed 24-12 match record in the last years on grass.
Azarenka’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane and Miami.
The Belarussian has a compiled 22-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
Zeynep Sonmez
24 - 16win/loss
157
130
LWWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 10-6 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 17-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Sonmez reached the 2nd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 3-6 6-4 6-1, Emina Bektas 7-67 2-6 6-3 and Arantxa Rus 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Rus, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Sonmez scored 80 points vs Rus’s 60. Sonmez was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Sonmez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zeynep Sonmez was very effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Zeynep broke Rus 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
The Turk has a compiled 24-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 80 |
| Pts | 73-55 | 286-256 |
| Total Points | 128 | 542 |
| Winners | 28 | 93 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Azarenka played 1 match while Sonmez competed in 3 matches. Sonmez started her run from the qualifications while Azarenka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zeynep Sonmez conceded 3 sets while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Azarenka has played 7 set(s) less than Sonmez (2 vs 9). Therefore, Azarenka played 62 games less than Sonmez. Azarenka scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk struck 93 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 143/266 |
| %1st in | 58% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 93/143 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 68/123 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 55% |
Azarenka blasted 3 aces . Sonmez bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Azarenka won 80% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sonmez won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 14 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 14/33 |
| % Converted | 33% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 35 |
| Saved | 2 | 25 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 10 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belarussian pretty solid on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Zeynep broke her opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Zeynep conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 73-55 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 35/60 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonmez | |||||
| Q1 Yastremska |
Q3 Bektas |
R1 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | 7-67 2-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 30 | 24 | 80 | |
| pts | 95-86 | 111-110 | 80-60 | 286-256 | |
| Total points | 181 | 221 | 140 | 542 | |
| Winners | 25 | 37 | 31 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 33% | 39% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 38/84 | 63/115 | 42/67 | 143/266 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 55% | 63% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 37/63 | 31/42 | 93/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 59% | 74% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 28/52 | 15/25 | 68/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/9 | 5/10 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 18 | 6 | 35 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 13/18 | 4/6 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 72% | 67% | 212% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Berlin
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- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Dustin BrownBrown (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christian GarinGarin – Tomislav BrkicBrkic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo ArguelloArguello – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-75 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo DonatiDonati – Federico CoriaCoria (7-64 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Andrej MartinMartin (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor GalovicGalovic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (4-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (2-6) – H2H and prediction
