H2H, prediction of Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 21st January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Sabalenka and Pavlyuchenkova will face off in the quarter of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 21st of January

Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will clash against each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.141
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 6

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

This will be the 4th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Pavlyuchenkova won 6-4 2-6 6-0 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2021.

Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Aryna Sabalenka – French Open 04-June-2021

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka

9 - 0win/loss

Hard
9-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
1
High
1
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-5 23-4 8-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0

Currently world no. 1 Aryna reached the quarter after beating Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-2, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3 7-5, Clara Tauson 7-6(5) 6-4 and Mirra Andreeva 6-1 6-2.

In the 4th round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-1 6-2). During the match, Sabalenka scored 58 points vs Andreeva’s 33. The Belarussian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sabalenka fired 3 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Aryna Sabalenka was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aryna broke Andreeva 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aryna hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a terrific win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (383-168). 9-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has an aggregate 236-92 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where she overcame Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

The Belarussian has an overall 9-0 win-loss record in 2025, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Sabalenka
Australian Open
Sabalenka's Record

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
52
High
11
LLLLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-6 5-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 27-19 20-11 3-5 3-1 1-2 0-0
2023 24-17 6-8 15-7 3-2 0-0 0-0
2022 2-3 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 29-20 12-11 10-3 5-4 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 32, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Yue Yuan 6-4 4-6 6-3, Anastasia Potapova 7-6(2) 2-6 6-2, Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-2 and Donna Vekic 7-6(0) 6-0.

In the 4th round, Pavlyuchenkova had a good straight sets win against Vekic (7-60 6-0). During the match Pavlyuchenkova scored 80 points vs Vekic’s 61. Pavlyuchenkova was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Pavlyuchenkova made 10 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (36/50) of her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Anastasia broke Vekic 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Anastasia has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

The Russian has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017, 2019 and 2020. See her history.

Pavlyuchenkova
Australian Open
Pavlyuchenkova's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Sabalenka
A.Pavlyuchenkova
5h:53
5h:53
Time on court​
7h:57
7h:57
1h:02
1h:02
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
4
4
Match played
4
4
76
76
Games Played​
92
92
8
8
Set played​​
10
10
293
293
Total points​
337
337
73.3
73.3
Avg point​
84.3
84.3
114
114
Winners
138
138
28.5
28.5
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
18
18
1.8
1.8
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
5
5
Double Faults
12
12
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
114/174
114/174
1st won total​
138/203
138/203
66%
66%
1st won %
68%
68%
41/78
41/78
2nd won total​
48/105
48/105
53%
53%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
20/43
20/43
BP won
20/44
20/44
5/10.8
5/10.8
Avg BP won
5/11
5/11
47%
47%
Won
45%
45%
25
25
Conceded
26
26
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
10
10
Broken
12
12
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
3
3
15
15
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Pavlyuchenkova
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 8 10
Tot Games 76 92
Pts 293-229 337-281
Total Points 522 618
Winners 114 138
%Winners 39% 41%

Both Sabalenka and Pavlyuchenkova played 4 matches. At the moment, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova dropped 2 sets while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t lost a set so far. Sabalenka has played 2 set(s) less than Pavlyuchenkova (8 vs 10). Therefore, Sabalenka played 16 games less than Pavlyuchenkova. Aryna scored 114 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova bagged 138 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Pavlyuchenkova
Aces 7 18
Avg per match 1.8 4.5
1st in 174/252 203/308
%1st in 69% 66%
1st pts 114/174 138/203
%1st pts 66% 68%
2nd pts 41/78 48/105
%2nd pts 53% 46%

Sabalenka struck 7 aces (1.8 per match). Pavlyuchenkova fired 18 aces (4.5 per match). Sabalenka won 66% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sabalenka Pavlyuchenkova
Won 20 20
Converted 20/43 20/44
% Converted 47% 45%
Conceded 25 26
Saved 15 14
% Saved 60% 54%
Times Broken 10 12

Sabalenka broke her opponents 20 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Belarussian dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 20 times with a 45% conversion rate. Pavlyuchenkova conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R1
Stephens
R2
Bouzas
R3
Tauson
R4
Andreeva
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 7-5 7-65 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 17 21 23 15 76
pts 63-46 77-64 95-86 58-33 293-229
Total points 109 141 181 91 522
Winners 22 33 31 28 114
%Winners 35% 43% 33% 48% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 0 3 7
Double Faults 2 1 2 0 5
1st in 32/46 54/80 52/72 36/54 174/252
% 1st in 70% 68% 72% 67% 69%
1st pts 22/32 33/54 31/52 28/36 114/174
% 1st pts 69% 61% 60% 78% 66%
2nd pts 8/14 15/26 8/20 10/18 41/78
% 2nd pts 57% 58% 40% 56% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 4 20
Converted 5/13 5/6 6/17 4/7 20/43
Converted % 38% 83% 35% 57% 47%
Conceded 2 11 9 3 25
Saved 0/2 8/11 4/9 3/3 15
Saved % 0% 73% 44% 100% 54%
Times Broken 2 3 5 0 10
Pavlyuchenkova
R1
Yuan
R2
Potapova
R3
Siegemund
R4
Vekic
Total
Score 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-62 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 7-60 6-0
Tot Set 3 3 2 2 10
Tot Games 29 29 15 19 92
pts 95-88 95-89 67-43 80-61 337-281
Total points 183 184 110 141 618
Winners 37 40 25 36 138
%Winners 39% 42% 37% 45% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 1 10 18
Double Faults 3 9 0 0 12
1st in 58/86 59/94 36/56 50/72 203/308
% 1st in 67% 63% 64% 69% 66%
1st pts 37/58 40/59 25/36 36/50 138/203
% 1st pts 64% 68% 69% 72% 68%
2nd pts 13/28 9/35 13/20 13/22 48/105
% 2nd pts 46% 26% 65% 59% 46%
Breaks
Won 6 7 4 3 20
Converted 6/15 7/13 4/10 3/6 20/44
Converted % 40% 54% 40% 50% 45%
Conceded 7 11 3 5 26
Saved 2/7 4/11 3/3 5/5 14
Saved % 29% 36% 100% 100% 66%
Times Broken 5 7 0 0 12

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sabalenka
WWWWWWLWWW
Pavlyuchenkova
LLLLWLWWWW
2025 2024 2023
31 - 5
5 - 6
23-4
Hard
5-5
8-1
Clay
0-1

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