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

Victoria Azarenka

22 - 10win/loss

Hard
14-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-4
Grass
1-0
Rank
16
High
1
LWWWLWLWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-11 14-6 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
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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

Berlin
Azarenka's Record

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

24 - 16win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
4-3
Clay
12-8
Grass
4-1
Rank
136
High
136
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-17 4-4 12-8 4-3 4-2 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
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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.

Berlin
Sonmez's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Azarenka
Z.Sonmez
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
!
6h:06
6h:06
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
18
18
Games Played​
80
80
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
73
73
Total points​
286
286
73
73
Avg point​
95.3
95.3
28
28
Winners
93
93
28
28
Avg Winners​
31
31
38%
38%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
4
4
Double Faults
17
17
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
5.7
5.7
28/35
28/35
1st won total​
93/143
93/143
!
80%
80%
1st won %
65%
65%
14/25
14/25
2nd won total​
68/123
68/123
56%
56%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
14/33
14/33
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
4.7/11
4.7/11
33%
33%
Won
42%
42%
2
2
Conceded
35
35
2
2
Avg Conceded
11.7
11.7
0
0
Broken
10
10
!
0
0
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
2
2
Saved
25
25
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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

Tennis Scores in Berlin

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