Victoria Azarenka and Greetje Minnen will square off in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Cashmere Grandstand. 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 Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.25
Greetje Minnen -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Greetje Minnen
There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Greetje Minnen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Victoria Azarenka
27 - 12win/loss
19
1
WLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-12 | 17-7 | 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, Victoria got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (6-2 6-2). During the match, Azarenka scored 61 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 41. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Azarenka blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka was extremely effective on serve to win 94% (17/18) of her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Victoria broke Pavlyuchenkova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Azarenka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (224-107). 17-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has a composed 146-65 record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane, Miami and Berlin.
Victoria has a composed 27-12 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Greetje Minnen
19 - 22win/loss
74
59
WWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 11-9 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-20 | 12-6 | 13-4 | 22-6 | 5-3 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 19-21 | 0-9 | 2-4 | 10-4 | 2-4 | 5-0 |
| 2021 | 39-27 | 19-12 | 7-6 | 8-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 11-7 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, Minnen reached the 2nd round after defeating Timea Babos 6-1 4-6 6-4, Destanee Aiava 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Stephens (6-2 6-2). During the match Minnen scored 67 points vs Stephens’s 46. Minnen was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Minnen scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 57% of her first serves in, winning 77% (20/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Minnen broke Stephens 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Greetje’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Charleston.
Greetje has a composed 19-22 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Minnen has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Azarenka | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 71 |
| Pts | 61-41 | 248-207 |
| Total Points | 102 | 455 |
| Winners | 17 | 90 |
| %Winners | 28% | 36% |
Azarenka played 1 match while Minnen competed in 3 matches. Minnen started her run from the qualifications while Azarenka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Greetje Minnen conceded 2 sets while Victoria Azarenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Azarenka has played 6 set(s) less than Minnen (2 vs 8). Therefore, Azarenka played 55 games less than Minnen. The Belarussian scored 17 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 90 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Azarenka | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 18/41 | 130/237 |
| %1st in | 44% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 90/130 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 54/107 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Azarenka bagged 2 aces . Minnen blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Azarenka won 94% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Minnen won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Azarenka | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 17/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 30 |
| Saved | 0 | 21 |
| % Saved | 0% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Victoria extremely effective on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Minnen broke her opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Minnen conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Azarenka | |||
| R1 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 61-41 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 18/41 | 18/41 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 17/18 | 17/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnen | |||||
| Q1 Babos |
Q3 Aiava |
R1 Stephens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 | 16 | 71 | |
| pts | 91-84 | 90-77 | 67-46 | 248-207 | |
| Total points | 175 | 167 | 113 | 455 | |
| Winners | 36 | 34 | 20 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 30% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 53/100 | 51/91 | 26/46 | 130/237 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 34/51 | 20/26 | 90/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 77% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 22/40 | 9/20 | 54/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 55% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/6 | 6/11 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 55% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 14 | 4 | 30 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 10/14 | 2/4 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 71% | 50% | 196% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
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