Victoria Azarenka #15 def. Karolina Pliskova #19

7-6(1) 1-6 6-2

Victoria Azarenka defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6(1) 1-6 6-2 in the 2016 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatVictoria AzarenkaKarolina Pliskova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
317
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
102
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
59.5%62.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
76.6%70.1%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
43.8%41.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%72.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
63.3%59.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
27.3%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
40.7%36.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.3%49.7%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.0+3.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-3.0-7.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldVictoria AzarenkaKarolina Pliskova
Country BLR CZE
Birth dateJul 31, 1989Mar 21, 1992
Age2623
Height183 cm186 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1519
Ranking points (entering)2,6602,525
Elo (entering)2,0291,837
Current career W-L582–268430–248
Current career earnings$38,890,473$26,988,922
Pre-match H2H

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Magdalena Rybarikova #976-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataMar 18, 2016QF
Samantha Stosur #286-1 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataMar 16, 2016R16
Shuai Zhang #696-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataMar 14, 2016R32
Zarina Diyas #876-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataMar 12, 2016R64

Victoria Azarenka's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Serena Williams #16-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 20, 2016F

Karolina Pliskova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Daria Kasatkina #486-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataMar 18, 2016QF
Johanna Konta #267-6(2) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataMar 16, 2016R16
Ana Ivanovic #186-2 6-0WH2HMatch dataMar 14, 2016R32
Shelby Rogers #1076-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataMar 12, 2016R64