Victoria Azarenka and Yuliia Starodubtseva will square off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on 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 -> 1.22
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Yuliia Starodubtseva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka

28 - 13win/loss

Hard
18-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-4
Grass
3-1
Rank
20
High
1
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-13 18-8 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. 20, the Belarussian will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-4 4-2 ret. to Stearns in the 3rd round on the 9th of August.

Azarenka has a composed 28-13 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, Victoria has an overall 647-257 record. She has a positive 395-142 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2012, 2013 and 2020. See her history.

U.S. Open
Azarenka's Record

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva

29 - 19win/loss

Hard
15-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-9
Grass
5-2
Rank
146
High
123
WWWLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-19 15-8 9-9 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 46-17 20-5 19-10 7-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 146, Starodubtseva reached the 1st round after beating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-2 6-1, Xinyu Gao 6-3 4-6 6-0 and Sonay Kartal 2-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Kartal, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Starodubtseva scored 89 points vs Kartal’s 76. Yuliia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Starodubtseva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 72% of her first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Starodubtseva broke Kartal 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Starodubtseva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Ukrainian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Oeiras.

Starodubtseva has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2024, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

U.S. Open
Starodubtseva's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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