Amanda Anisimova vs Aryna Sabalenka — Australian Open Round of 32

Australian Open · WTA · Round of 32
Amanda Anisimova
USA
Amanda Anisimova
#6WTA
1914ELO
1880Hard ELO
$1.2MYTD
$14MCAREER
24 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 January 2019
hard
Aryna Sabalenka
BLR11
Aryna Sabalenka
#1WTA
2220ELO
2201Hard ELO
$4.7MYTD
$50MCAREER
28 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWLWW
Anisimova A.
6-3 6-2
Sabalenka A.
Anisimova A.
662
Sabalenka A.
320

Amanda Anisimova defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 in the Australian Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Aryna Sabalenka came in ranked #1, defending last year's round of 128. Amanda Anisimova extended the head-to-head to 6–5.

Key context

Head to head

5–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-11-01Riyadh FinalsSFhardAryna Sabalenka6-3 3-6 6-3
2025-08-25US OpenFhardAryna Sabalenka6-3 7-6(3)
2025-06-30WimbledonSFgrassAmanda Anisimova6-4 4-6 6-4
2025-05-26Roland GarrosR16clayAryna Sabalenka7-5 6-3
2024-08-05TorontoQFhardAmanda Anisimova6-4 6-2
2024-01-15Australian OpenR16hardAryna Sabalenka6-3 6-2
2022-05-09RomeQFclayAryna Sabalenka4-6 6-3 6-2
2022-04-28MadridR64clayAmanda Anisimova6-2 3-6 6-4
2022-04-04CharlestonR16clayAmanda Anisimova3-6 6-4 6-3
2019-05-27Roland GarrosR64clayAmanda Anisimova6-4 6-2
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Serve vs return

This season
Anisimova A.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sabalenka A.

Sabalenka A.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Anisimova A.

Serve advantage — Sabalenka A.

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

Serve & return on hard

Anisimova A.Sabalenka A.
51
Serve
96
72
Return
39

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Anisimova A.Sabalenka A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
59%
63%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.1
4.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.0
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Anisimova A.Sabalenka A.
Clutch Rating·Even
96
98
Break points saved·Even
95
98
Break points won·Even
99
100
Deciding sets·Even
95
97
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
94
100

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

Freshness

Recent load
Anisimova A.Sabalenka A.
Freshness·Even
84
86

Anisimova A.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 26 games (7d) · Sabalenka A.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 21 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
30°CClear
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Osaka N.[4]
Kvitova P.[8]
7-625-76-4
Semi-finals
Osaka N.[4]
Pliskova K.[7]
6-24-66-4
Kvitova P.[8]
Collins D.
7-626-0
Quarter-finals
Osaka N.[4]
Svitolina E.[6]
6-46-1
Kvitova P.[8]
Barty A.[15]
6-16-4
Collins D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
2-67-56-1
Pliskova K.[7]
Williams S.[16]
6-44-67-5
R16
Williams S.[16]
Halep S.[1]
6-14-66-4
Osaka N.[4]
Sevastova A.[13]
4-66-36-4
Svitolina E.[6]
Keys M.[17]
6-21-66-1
Barty A.[15]
Sharapova M.[30]
4-66-16-4
Collins D.
Kerber A.[2]
6-06-2
Kvitova P.[8]
Anisimova A.
6-26-1
Pliskova K.[7]
Muguruza G.[18]
6-36-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Stephens S.[5]
6-736-36-3
R32
Halep S.[1]
Williams V.
6-26-3
Williams S.[16]
Yastremska D.
6-26-1
Muguruza G.[18]
Bacsinszky T.
7-656-2
Pliskova K.[7]
Giorgi C.[27]
6-43-66-2
Sevastova A.[13]
Wang Q.[21]
6-36-3
Keys M.[17]
Mertens E.[12]
6-36-2
Svitolina E.[6]
Zhang S.
4-66-47-5
Kvitova P.[8]
Bencic B.
6-16-4
Anisimova A.
Sabalenka A.[11]
6-36-2
Sharapova M.[30]
Wozniacki C.[3]
6-44-66-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Sasnovich A.
6-06-3
Collins D.
Garcia C.[19]
6-36-2
Kerber A.[2]
Birrell K.
6-16-0
Stephens S.[5]
Martic P.[31]
7-667-65
Barty A.[15]
Sakkari M.
7-56-1
Osaka N.[4]
Hsieh S.[28]
5-76-46-1
R64
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bertens K.[9]
3-66-36-3
Williams V.
Cornet A.
6-34-66-0
Yastremska D.
Suarez Navarro C.[23]
6-33-66-1
Williams S.[16]
Bouchard E.
6-26-2
Muguruza G.[18]
Konta J.
6-46-737-5
Pliskova K.[7]
Brengle M.
4-66-16-0
Hsieh S.[28]
Siegemund L.
6-36-4
Wang Q.[21]
Krunic A.
6-26-3
Sevastova A.[13]
Andreescu B.
6-33-66-2
Mertens E.[12]
Gasparyan M.
6-17-5
Keys M.[17]
Potapova A.
6-36-4
Zhang S.
Pliskova K.
6-37-5
Svitolina E.[6]
Hruncakova V.
6-46-1
Kvitova P.[8]
Begu I.
6-16-3
Bencic B.
Putintseva Y.
7-54-66-2
Sabalenka A.[11]
Boulter K.
6-36-4
Barty A.[15]
Wang Y.
6-26-3
Sakkari M.
Sharma A.
6-16-4
Sharapova M.[30]
Peterson R.
6-26-1
Stephens S.[5]
Babos T.
6-36-1
Martic P.[31]
Vondrousova M.
6-47-5
Sasnovich A.
Kontaveit A.[20]
6-36-3
Collins D.
Vickery S.
6-37-5
Birrell K.
Vekic D.[29]
6-44-66-1
Kerber A.[2]
Haddad Maia B.
6-26-3
Giorgi C.[27]
Swiatek I.
6-26-0
Halep S.[1]
Kenin S.
6-36-756-4
Osaka N.[4]
Zidansek T.
6-26-4
Bacsinszky T.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-27-5
Garcia C.[19]
Hives Z.
6-36-3
Wozniacki C.[3]
Larsson J.
6-16-3
Anisimova A.
Tsurenko L.[24]
6-06-2
R128
Giorgi C.[27]
Jakupovic D.
6-36-0
Swiatek I.
Bogdan A.
6-33-66-4
Brengle M.
Doi M.
6-46-0
Pliskova K.[7]
Muchova K.
6-36-2
Osaka N.[4]
Linette M.
6-46-2
Siegemund L.
Azarenka V.
6-756-46-2
Hsieh S.[28]
Voegele S.
6-26-1
Wang Q.[21]
Ferro F.
6-46-3
Krunic A.
Diyas Z.
3-67-56-1
Andreescu B.
Osuigwe W.
7-616-706-3
Sevastova A.[13]
Barthel M.
6-36-1
Mertens E.[12]
Schmiedlova A.
6-27-5
Potapova A.
Parmentier P.
6-47-65
Keys M.[17]
Aiava D.
6-26-2
Zhang S.
Cibulkova D.[26]
6-24-66-2
Pliskova K.
Blinkova A.
7-622-66-2
Hruncakova V.
Baindl K.
4-66-46-2
Svitolina E.[6]
Golubic V.
6-16-2
Bencic B.
Siniakova K.
6-42-66-3
Tsurenko L.[24]
Alexandrova E.
6-47-64
Anisimova A.
Niculescu M.
7-636-4
Boulter K.
Makarova K.
6-04-67-66
Sabalenka A.[11]
Kalinskaya A.
6-16-4
Sharma A.
Hon P.
7-54-66-1
Sakkari M.
Ostapenko J.[22]
6-13-66-2
Sharapova M.[30]
Dart H.
6-06-0
Wozniacki C.[3]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-36-4
Stephens S.[5]
Townsend T.
6-46-2
Vondrousova M.
Rodina E.
6-36-2
Martic P.[31]
Watson H.
6-16-2
Kontaveit A.[20]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-36-2
Sasnovich A.
Flipkens K.
6-16-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Puig M.
6-46-3
Bertens K.[9]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-3
Collins D.
Goerges J.[14]
2-67-656-4
Hives Z.
Mattek Sands B.
6-16-2
Garcia C.[19]
Ponchet J.
6-26-3
Vekic D.[29]
Mladenovic K.
6-26-4
Birrell K.
Badosa P.
6-46-2
Haddad Maia B.
Pera B.
6-35-76-4
Kerber A.[2]
Hercog P.
6-26-2
Halep S.[1]
Kanepi K.
6-726-46-2
Kenin S.
Kudermetova V.
6-33-67-5
Cornet A.
Arruabarrena L.
6-26-2
Suarez Navarro C.[23]
Burel C.
7-56-2
Vikhlyantseva N.
Lepchenko V.
6-726-26-4
Konta J.
Tomljanovic A.
7-642-67-67
Muguruza G.[18]
Zheng S.
6-26-3
Begu I.
Petkovic A.
6-734-3
Larsson J.
Lapko V.
7-653-0
Babos T.
Jabeur O.
7-657-63
Wang Y.
Perez E.
6-46-0
Gasparyan M.
Zhu L.
4-66-26-2
Yastremska D.
Stosur S.
7-56-2
Zidansek T.
Saville D.
7-56-3
Peterson R.
Cirstea S.
6-46-1
Barty A.[15]
Kumkhum L.
6-26-2
Kvitova P.[8]
Rybarikova M.
6-36-2
Williams V.
Buzarnescu M.[25]
6-737-636-2
Vickery S.
Bonaventure Y.
2-66-46-4
Putintseva Y.
Strycova B.[32]
6-47-61
Bouchard E.
Peng S.
6-26-1
Williams S.[16]
Maria T.
6-06-2
Bacsinszky T.
Kasatkina D.[10]
6-36-0