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Victoria Azarenka v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
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 2014: Azarenka 24 matches, Williams 60 matches.
Williams averages 7.2 aces a match to Azarenka’s 2.6 — 2.7 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2.9 matches to Azarenka’s 1.
Williams averages 7.0 games lost a match to Azarenka’s 10.1.
Williams ranks 1st of 37 in WTA Tour 2014 for titles per match.
Williams ranks 1st of 88 in WTA Tour 2014 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 87%, Azarenka’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 60 matches, Azarenka 24 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 37
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
67.5#17 of 88First serve in %59.0#66 of 88
65.2#26 of 88First-serve points won %75.4★ #1 of 88
58.4#19 of 88Break points saved %62.4★ #2 of 88
45.4#27 of 88Return points won %47.9#8 of 88
Head to head
523 matches since 200818
Hard · 15 matchesAzarenka 5Williams 10
Grass · 4 matchesAzarenka 0Williams 4
Clay · 4 matchesAzarenka 0Williams 4
Grand Slams · 11 matchesAzarenka 1Williams 10
Finals · 9 matchesAzarenka 4Williams 5
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2014.
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2.663 total · best 10#30 of 88Acesper game7.2432 total · best 19★ #2 of 88
11.8282 total · best 18#19 of 88Games wonper game12.1723 total · best 18#13 of 88
45.2#51 of 88Break points converted %50.2#12 of 88
57.9#23 of 88Sets won %83.6★ #1 of 88
53.8#18 of 88Games won %63.3★ #1 of 88
0.01 total · best 1#22 of 56Finalsper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 56
1.433 total · best 2#20 of 88Sets wonper game1.8107 total · best 2★ #1 of 88
124 total · best 2#31 of 88Sets lostper game · lower is better0.421 total · best 2★ #1 of 88
10.1242 total · best 17#25 of 88Games lostper game · lower is better7.0419 total · best 18★ #1 of 88
0.25 total · best 1#57 of 88Tiebreaksper game0.18 total · best 2#82 of 88
Williams won 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(1)
30 Dec 2013 · Brisbane · Final · HardWilliams won 6-4 7-5
26 Aug 2013 · US Open · Final · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1
12 Aug 2013 · Cincinnati · Final · HardAzarenka won 2-6 6-2 7-6(6)
13 May 2013 · Rome · Final · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-3