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Victoria Azarenka #32 def. Jelena Ostapenko #29

3-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 2021*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	3-6 6-3 7-5
Loser	Jelena Ostapenko

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Jelena Ostapenko
Aces	2	2
Double faults	8	6
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	63	64
Second serve points won %	49	39
Break points saved %	69	38
Break points converted %	62	31
Service points won %	57	56
Return points won %	44	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Jelena Ostapenko
Country	BLR	LAT
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Jun 8, 1997
Age	32	24
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,856	2,205
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,934
Career W-L	575–266	289–210
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$20,224,063

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 1 – 0 Jelena Ostapenko

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Jessica Pegula	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Petra Kvitova	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Magda Linette	7-5 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2021	F	Paula Badosa	6-7(5) 6-2 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Jelena Ostapenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Shelby Rogers	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2021	R16	Iga Swiatek	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2021	R32	Yulia Putintseva	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2021	R64	Su-Wei Hsieh	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data