Victoria Azarenka and Yafan Wang will face off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 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
Yafan Wang -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Yafan Wang

This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Azarenka and Yafan Wang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Azarenka won 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington back in August 2024.

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka

30 - 13win/loss

Hard
20-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-4
Grass
3-1
Rank
20
High
1
WWLWWLWWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-13 20-8 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
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Ranked no. 20, Victoria got to the 3rd round after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6 6-1 6-1 and Clara Burel 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Azarenka had a good straight sets win against Burel (6-1 6-4). During the match, Azarenka scored 65 points vs Burel’s 46. Victoria was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Azarenka struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Victoria Azarenka lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Azarenka put 53% of her first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Victoria broke Burel 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Azarenka has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (227-108). 20-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Azarenka has an overall 149-66 record in the last years on hard.

Victoria’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane, Miami and Berlin.

Victoria has a composed 30-13 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Azarenka's Record

Yafan Wang

Yafan Wang

22 - 20win/loss

Hard
19-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
1-4
Rank
80
High
47
WWLLWWLWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-20 19-12 2-4 0-0 1-4 0-0
2023 59-14 35-8 7-1 4-1 13-3 0-1
2022 21-8 3-4 18-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 5-17 0-6 1-7 0-0 4-4 0-0
2020 3-6 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 80, Wang reached the 3rd round after beating Maria Sakkari 6-2 ret. and Diane Parry 6-0 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Yafan had a good straight sets win against Parry (6-0 6-4). During the match Wang scored 71 points vs Parry’s 54. Yafan was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Wang managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Yafan Wang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 57% of her first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Yafan broke Parry 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Wang’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Hua Hin and the Charleston.

Wang has a compiled 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2023. See her history.

U.S. Open
Wang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

V.Azarenka
Y.Wang
!
3h:34
3h:34
Time on court​
2h:14
2h:14
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
2
2
Match played
2
2
40
40
Games Played​
24
24
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
158
158
Total points​
100
100
79
79
Avg point​
50
50
51
51
Winners
44
44
25.5
25.5
Avg Winners​
22
22
32%
32%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
7
7
2
2
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
13
13
Double Faults
5
5
!
6.5
6.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
51/78
51/78
1st won total​
44/58
44/58
65%
65%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
28/51
28/51
2nd won total​
19/38
19/38
55%
55%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
11/22
11/22
BP won
6/13
6/13
5.5/11
5.5/11
Avg BP won
3/6.5
3/6.5
50%
50%
Won
46%
46%
13
13
Conceded
11
11
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
4
4
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
9
9
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Azarenka Wang
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 40 24
Pts 158-122 100-74
Total Points 280 174
Winners 51 44
%Winners 32% 44%

Both Azarenka and Wang played 2 matches. At the moment, Victoria Azarenka lost 1 set while Yafan Wang hasn’t conceded a set so far. Azarenka has played 1 set more than Wang (5 vs 4). Therefore, Azarenka played 16 games more than Wang. The Belarussian scored 51 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Wang recorded 44 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Azarenka Wang
Aces 4 7
Avg per match 2 3.5
1st in 78/129 58/96
%1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 51/78 44/58
%1st pts 65% 76%
2nd pts 28/51 19/38
%2nd pts 55% 50%

Azarenka fired 4 aces (2 per match). Wang managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Azarenka won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 76% 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 Wang
Won 11 6
Converted 11/22 6/13
% Converted 50% 46%
Conceded 13 11
Saved 9 11
% Saved 69% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

The Belarussian broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Victoria lost her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Yafan broke her opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Yafan was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 11 break points.

Azarenka
R1
Starodubtseva		 R2
Burel		 Total
Score 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 23 17 40
pts 93-76 65-46 158-122
Total points 169 111 280
Winners 31 20 51
%Winners 33% 31% 32%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 4
Double Faults 10 3 13
1st in 47/70 31/59 78/129
% 1st in 67% 53% 60%
1st pts 31/47 20/31 51/78
% 1st pts 66% 65% 65%
2nd pts 9/23 19/28 28/51
% 2nd pts 39% 68% 55%
Breaks
Won 7 4 11
Converted 7/14 4/8 11/22
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 6 7 13
Saved 3/6 6/7 9
Saved % 50% 86% 68%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Wang
R1
Sakkari		 R2
Parry		 Total
Score 6-2 ret. 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 1 2 3
Tot Games 8 16 24
pts 29-20 71-54 100-74
Total points 49 125 174
Winners 13 31 44
%Winners 45% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 2 5 7
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 17/24 41/72 58/96
% 1st in 71% 57% 60%
1st pts 13/17 31/41 44/58
% 1st pts 76% 76% 76%
2nd pts 4/7 15/31 19/38
% 2nd pts 57% 48% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/5 4/8 6/13
Converted % 40% 50% 46%
Conceded 3 8 11
Saved 3/3 8/8 11
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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