Victoria Azarenka vs Flavia PennettaUS Open Semi-final

US Open · WTA · Semi-final
#449WTA
1875ELO
1839Hard ELO
36 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sets
Monday, 26 August 2013
hard
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Azarenka V.
6-4 6-2
Pennetta F.
Azarenka V.
662
Pennetta F.
42

Victoria Azarenka defeated Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-2 in the US Open semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Flavia Pennetta came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Victoria Azarenka narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

12
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-03-23MiamiR32hardFlavia Pennetta7-6(5) 7-6(6)
2011-02-14DubaiR16hardFlavia Pennetta6-3 6-7(2) 6-4
2010-04-26StuttgartR32clayVictoria Azarenka6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Azarenka V.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Pennetta F.

Pennetta F.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Azarenka V.

Serve advantage — Azarenka V.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
54%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
57%
Return points won·Even
46%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.8
3.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.4
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 107). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
91
71
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
83
Break points won·Slight edge
99
89
Deciding sets·Dominant
96
69
Tiebreaks·Even
77
78

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 59%

Draw

Semi-finals
Williams S.
Li N.
6-06-3
Azarenka V.
Pennetta F.
6-46-2
R128
Barty A.
Cabeza Candela E.
6-16-4
Scheepers C.
Simmonds C.
2-66-26-1
Giorgi C.
Cepelova J.
6-26-2
Williams S.
Schiavone F.
6-06-1
Voskoboeva G.
Niculescu M.
6-46-3
Shvedova Y.
Puchkova O.
6-16-0
Hsieh S.
Koukalova K.
6-36-3
Vesnina E.
Beck A.
6-16-1
Knapp K.
Min G.
6-36-1
Safarova L.
Tsurenko L.
6-32-66-4
Vinci R.
Babos T.
6-46-2
Kirilenko M.
Wickmayer Y.
6-16-1
Mayr Achleitner P.
Rybarikova M.
7-626-3
Hampton J.
Arruabarrena L.
6-46-2
Mladenovic K.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-11-66-1
Radwanska U.
Begu I.
6-16-3
Stephens S.
Minella M.
4-66-37-65
Williams V.
Flipkens K.
6-16-2
Zheng J.
Bertens K.
6-16-3
Vandeweghe C.
Krunic A.
6-47-65
Suarez Navarro C.
Davis L.
6-06-0
Kanepi K.
King V.
4-67-646-1
Schmiedlova A.
Voegele S.
6-15-77-64
Bouchard E.
Pliskova K.
4-66-47-5
Kerber A.
Hradecka L.
6-16-1
Larcher De Brito M.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-3
Radwanska A.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-16-2
Vekic D.
Duque Marino M.
7-654-66-2
Halep S.
Watson H.
4-66-46-2
Torro Flor M.
Erakovic M.
6-06-4
Peng S.
Meusburger Y.
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Razzano V.
7-56-0
Makarova K.
Hercog P.
6-26-4
Wozniacki C.
Duan Y.
6-27-5
Li N.
Govortsova O.
6-26-2
Mattek Sands B.
Johansson M.
6-36-1
Ormaechea P.
Date Krumm K.
6-37-67
Lisicki S.
Dushevina V.
6-27-63
Jankovic J.
Keys M.
6-36-4
Kleybanova A.
Puig M.
6-43-67-5
Nara K.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-26-2
Cirstea S.
Fichman S.
7-55-76-1
Robson L.
Dominguez Lino L.
7-56-0
Garcia C.
Rogers S.
6-36-2
Kuznetsova S.
Burdette M.
6-37-5
Pennetta F.
Gibbs N.
6-06-2
Errani S.
Rogowska O.
6-06-0
Kvitova P.
Doi M.
6-23-66-1
Jovanovski B.
Petkovic A.
6-26-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Pironkova T.
6-36-3
Barthel M.
Larsson J.
6-16-4
Glushko J.
Petrova N.
6-36-4
Vickery S.
Lucic M.
6-46-4
Hantuchova D.
Sanchez M.
7-56-2
Duval V.
Stosur S.
5-76-46-4
Ivanovic A.
Tatishvili A.
6-26-0
Arvidsson S.
Cetkovska P.
1-66-46-1
Dulgheru A.
Lepchenko V.
6-756-27-65
Mchale C.
Goerges J.
6-46-3
Svitolina E.
Cibulkova D.
6-46-3
Cornet A.
Koehler M.
6-36-2
Tomljanovic A.
Dellacqua C.
3-66-16-4
Wozniak A.
Dolonc V.
7-57-65
Azarenka V.
Pfizenmaier D.
6-06-0