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Sloane Stephens #12 def. Victoria Azarenka #186

3-6 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 24, 2018*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Sloane Stephens
Score	3-6 6-2 6-1
Loser	Victoria Azarenka

Stat	Sloane Stephens	Victoria Azarenka
Aces	0	0
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	64	64
First serve points won %	49	52
Second serve points won %	52	32
Break points saved %	44	56
Break points converted %	44	56
Service points won %	50	45
Return points won %	55	50
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sloane Stephens	Victoria Azarenka
Country	USA	BLR
Birth date	Mar 20, 1993	Jul 31, 1989
Age	25	28
Height	170	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	186
Ranking points (entering)	2,938	305
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,999
Career W-L	298–240	575–266
Career earnings	$19,347,815	$38,890,473

Pre-match H2H

Sloane Stephens 1 – 3 Victoria Azarenka

Path

Sloane Stephens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2018	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2018	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2018	R32	Monica Niculescu	6-7(1) 6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2018	R64	Ajla Tomljanovic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sloane Stephens's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2018	F	Jelena Ostapenko	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2018	QF	Karolina Pliskova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2018	R16	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2018	R32	Anastasija Sevastova	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2018	R64	Madison Keys	7-6(5) 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2018	R128	Catherine Bellis	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data