Naomi Osaka vs Victoria AzarenkaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Naomi Osaka
#18 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 6–4
🇧🇾Victoria Azarenka
Unranked · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
59wNaomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka have met 4 times since 2016; Naomi Osaka leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Australian Open in 2016 on hard. On clay courts Osaka leads 2–0. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Osaka has won the last 3 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Osaka leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Osaka has taken 6 sets to Azarenka's 4. Their most recent meeting: Naomi Osaka won at U.S. Open - New York (2020).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Osaka | Azarenka | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Naomi Osaka | Victoria Azarenka | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 22/33 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 3/11 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 14/44 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 18/33 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 6/10 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 71% | 10/14 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 32/34 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 22/34 | — | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Osaka 1, Azarenka 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Osaka
💥 Big Hitter
Azarenka
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 12, 2020
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · Final
May 29, 2019
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 64
May 16, 2018
Rome
C Clay · Round of 64
Jan 20, 2016
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Osaka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.46 | - |
| ROI % | -14.3% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.86u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Osaka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | ROU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Karolina Muchova
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 6
Sara Bejlek
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Maria Timofeeva
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Elise Mertens
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 6
Katerina Siniakova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Anastasia Zakharova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Elena Rybakina
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Aug 29
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Hina Inoue
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 24
Anastasia Zakharova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 1
Iga Swiatek
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 2nd Round
Jun 24
Laura Siegemund
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 23
Sofia Kenin
French Open - Paris · 2nd Round
May 29
Yanina Wickmayer
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–44 matches
| Metric | Osaka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | - |
| Sets won | 68% | - |
| Games won | 56% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Osaka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Slam | 2 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Osaka | Azarenka |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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