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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 2015: Azarenka 47 matches, Williams 56 matches.
Azarenka has the better first serve in %: 70.5 to Williams’s 59.4.
Williams averages 8.5 aces a match to Azarenka’s 2.0 — 4.3 times as many.
Williams has 24 sets lost (one every 2.3 matches) to Azarenka’s 28 sets lost (one every 1.7 matches).
Williams ranks 1st of 33 in WTA Tour 2015 for titles per match.
Williams ranks 1st of 95 in WTA Tour 2015 for first-serve points won %.
Azarenka ranks 9th of 95 in WTA Tour 2015 for first serve in %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 95%, Azarenka’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.15 total · best 1★ #1 of 33
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.13 total · best 1
70.5#9 of 95First serve in %59.4#81 of 95
67.1#18 of 95First-serve points won %75.6★ #1 of 95
61.4#4 of 95Break points saved %64.2★ #1 of 95
46.6★ #2 of 95Return points won %46.4#5 of 95
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 2015.
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2.092 total · best 7#41 of 95Acesper game8.5475 total · best 18★ #1 of 95
12.0562 total · best 18#13 of 95Games wonper game13.3744 total · best 18★ #1 of 95
51.4#9 of 95Break points converted %49.7#15 of 95
72.8★ #3 of 95Sets won %81.7★ #1 of 95
59.1★ #3 of 95Games won %62.6★ #1 of 95
0.01 total · best 1#45 of 52Finalsper game0.15 total · best 1★ #1 of 52
1.675 total · best 2★ #3 of 95Sets wonper game1.9107 total · best 2★ #1 of 95
0.628 total · best 2★ #3 of 95Sets lostper game · lower is better0.424 total · best 2★ #1 of 95
8.3389 total · best 17★ #3 of 95Games lostper game · lower is better8.0445 total · best 18★ #2 of 95
0.29 total · best 2#73 of 95Tiebreaksper game0.211 total · best 2#70 of 95
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