Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka | Serena Williams Wins 6-4 6-4

IstanbulRound RobinClayThu 25 OctFinal

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Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-4 in the Istanbul round robin on clay. The result followed the form book — Serena Williams came in leading the head-to-head 10–1. Serena Williams extended the head-to-head to 11–1.

Key context

Match story: Serena Williams edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

How the match was decided

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Williams S. took it in straight sets.

Match statistics

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Common opponents

11 shared · last 12 months

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Williams S. and Azarenka V. faced 11 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Williams S. went 13–1 (93%) against them, Azarenka V. 21–1 (95%). Results against comparable opponents are close (1 : 1 better-results split).

13–193%Williams S. · better vs 1Record vs common opponents21–195%Azarenka V. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

25–4Sets42–6

171–81Games274–141

0–1Tiebreaks3–1

2–0Deciding sets4–0

vs Ivanovic A.W6-1 6-3US Open · hardW6-1 6-0Wimbledon · grass
vs Radwanska A.W6-1 5-7 6-2Wimbledon · grassW6-2 6-4Madrid · clay
vs Vinci R.W6-2 6-1Miami · hardW6-4 6-2Tokyo · hard

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vs Kerber A.L4-6 4-6Cincinnati · hardW6-4 6-3Indian Wells · hard
vs Paszek T.W6-3 6-2Australian Open · hardW6-3 7-6Wimbledon · grass
vs Sharapova M.W6-1 6-3Madrid · clayL1-6 4-6Stuttgart · clay
vs Stosur S.W7-5 6-3Miami · hardW6-1 6-2Doha · hard
vs Vesnina E.W6-3 6-1Madrid · clayW6-3 6-3Beijing · hard
vs Hlavackova A.W6-0 6-0US Open · hardW6-3 7-6Madrid · clay
vs Zheng J.W6-7 6-2 9-7Wimbledon · grassW6-0 6-1US Open · hard
vs Lisicki S.Hard to compareW4-1Charleston · clayW6-4 6-2Beijing · hard

Head-to-head

12 meetings · Williams S. leads 11–1

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Clay: Williams S. leads 2–0 · Hard: Williams S. leads 7–1 · Grass: Williams S. leads 2–0

Williams S.October 2012IstanbulThis matchClay6-4 6-4
Williams S.August 2012US OpenHard6-2 2-6 7-5
Williams S.July 2012OlympicsHard6-1 6-2
Williams S.June 2012WimbledonGrass6-3 7-6
Williams S.May 2012MadridClay6-1 6-3

Draw

Closing odds

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vs Radwanska A.View tournament

Player context

Before the match

Williams S.Azarenka V.2 022ELO1 9331 942Clay ELO1 7793–7Last 106–431Age23175 cmHeight180 cmRightPlaysRightCareer $94.9M2026 $132KEarningsCareer $38.9M

Cite this

Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-4. Umpiry, "Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka — Istanbul Round Robin", https://umpiry.com/match/2012-10-25/azarenka-vs-williams-istanbul-rr?utm_source=cite (as of 25 October 2012).