Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka will play each other in the quarter of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.33
Victoria Azarenka -> 3.34

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Victoria Azarenka

This will be the 6^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Brisbane back in January 2024.

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 3, the Belarussian got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Kamilla Rakhimova 7-5 4-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Sabalenka defeated Rakhimova (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match, Sabalenka scored 114 points vs Rakhimova’s 110. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka recorded 13 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 50% of her first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Rakhimova 4 times after converting 24% of her break points (4/17).

Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 68% of her matches (349-163). 15-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a composed204-89 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title at the Australian Open where she defeated Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Belarussian has an aggregate 31-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 20, the Belarussian got to the quarter after beating Hailey Baptiste 7-6(6) 7-6(3) and Yafan Wang 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Belarussian defeated Wang (6-1 6-7⁵ 6-3). During the match Azarenka scored 111 points vs Wang’s 90. Victoria was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Azarenka bagged 6 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 60% of her first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Azarenka broke Wang 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Azarenka has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane, Miami and Berlin.

The Belarussian has an aggregate 26-11 win-loss record in 2024, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sabalenka	Azarenka
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	32	55
Pts	114-110	198-178
Total Points	224	376
Winners	41	82
%Winners	36%	41%

Sabalenka played 1 match while Azarenka competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka surrendered 1 set, while Victoria Azarenka lost 1 set. Sabalenka has played 2 set(s) less than Azarenka (3 vs 5). Therefore, Sabalenka played 23 games less than Azarenka. Sabalenka scored 41 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Victoria fired 82 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sabalenka	Azarenka
Aces	13	8
Avg per match	13	4
1st in	55/109	117/193
%1st in	50%	61%
1st pts	41/55	82/117
%1st pts	75%	70%
2nd pts	26/54	34/76
%2nd pts	48%	45%

Sabalenka blasted 13 aces . Azarenka fired 8 aces (4 per match). Sabalenka won 75% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Azarenka won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sabalenka	Azarenka
Won	4	9
Converted	4/17	9/21
% Converted	24%	43%
Conceded	12	19
Saved	9	13
% Saved	75%	68%
Times Broken	3	6

Aryna broke her opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Sabalenka lost her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Victoria broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
	R2 Rakhimova	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	114-110	114-110
Total points	224	224
Winners	41	41
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	14	14
1st in	55/109	55/109
% 1st in	50%	50%
1st pts	41/55	41/55
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	26/54	26/54
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/17	4/17
Converted %	24%	24%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	9/12	9
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	3	3

Azarenka
	R1 Baptiste	R2 Wang	Total
Score	7-66 7-63	6-1 6-75 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	26	29	55
pts	87-88	111-90	198-178
Total points	175	201	376
Winners	41	41	82
%Winners	47%	37%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	8
Double Faults	3	8	11
1st in	58/95	59/98	117/193
% 1st in	61%	60%	61%
1st pts	41/58	41/59	82/117
% 1st pts	71%	69%	70%
2nd pts	17/37	17/39	34/76
% 2nd pts	46%	44%	45%
Breaks
Won	2	7	9
Converted	2/4	7/17	9/21
Converted %	50%	41%	43%
Conceded	8	11	19
Saved	6/8	7/11	13
Saved %	75%	64%	139%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Xinyu Jiang/Fang-Hsien WuJiang/Fang-Hsien Wu – Anastasia Potapova/Yana SizikovaPotapova/Yana Sizikova (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Miyu Kato/Aldila SutjiadiKato/Aldila Sutjiadi – Ashlyn Krueger/Yifan XuKrueger/Yifan Xu (7-6⁵ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ulrikke Eikeri/Ingrid NeelEikeri/Ingrid Neel – Paula Badosa Gibert/Ons JabeurBadosa Gibert/Ons Jabeur (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco VilardoVilardo – Vullnet TashiTashi (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine – Yannai BarkaiBarkai (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tigre HankHank – Yshai OlielOliel (6-2 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction