Williams v Azarenka
WTA Tour 2018
Lineball analyst11–2
Serena Williams takes it, 11–2 on categories
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Azarenka’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2018: Williams 24 matches, Azarenka 29 matches.
- Azarenka has the better first serve in %: 67.2 to Williams’s 59.4.
- Williams averages 7.1 aces a match to Azarenka’s 2.5 — 2.8 times as many.
- Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 74.4 to Azarenka’s 65.
- Williams ranks 1st of 95 in WTA Tour 2018 for first-serve points won %.
- Azarenka ranks 8th of 95 in WTA Tour 2018 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 75%, Azarenka’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- 59.4#66 of 95First serve in %67.2#8 of 95
- 74.4★ #1 of 95First-serve points won %65.0#38 of 95
- 56.1#46 of 95Break points saved %54.4#69 of 95
- 43.5#51 of 95Return points won %46.2#13 of 95
- 7.1170 total · best 18★ #3 of 95Acesper game2.573 total · best 12#56 of 95
- 11.3270 total · best 16
Head to head
1823 matches
since 20085
since 20085
- Hard · 15 matchesWilliams 10Azarenka 5
- Grass · 4 matchesWilliams 4Azarenka 0
- Clay · 4 matchesWilliams 4Azarenka 0
- Grand Slams · 11 matchesWilliams 10Azarenka 1
- Finals · 9 matchesWilliams 5Azarenka 4
Last meetings
- 31 Aug 2020 · US Open · Semifinal · HardAzarenka won 1-6 6-3 6-3
- 4 Mar 2019 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-3
- 7 Mar 2016 · Indian Wells · Final · HardAzarenka won 6-4 6-4
- 29 June 2015 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassWilliams won 3-6 6-2 6-3
- 25 May 2015 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayWilliams won 3-6 6-4 6-2
- 4 May 2015 · Madrid · Round of 16 · Clay
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2018.
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