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Victoria Azarenka #15 def. Karolina Pliskova #19

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2016*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	7-6(1) 1-6 6-2
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	3	17
Double faults	10	2
First serve %	59	62
First serve points won %	77	70
Second serve points won %	44	41
Break points saved %	50	73
Break points converted %	27	50
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Karolina Pliskova
Country	BLR	CZE
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Mar 21, 1992
Age	26	23
Height	183	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,660	2,525
Elo (entering)	1,984	1,822
Career W-L	575–266	421–241
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 1 – 1 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Shuai Zhang	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Zarina Diyas	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2016	F	Serena Williams	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2016	QF	Daria Kasatkina	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2016	R16	Johanna Konta	7-6(2) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2016	R32	Ana Ivanovic	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2016	R64	Shelby Rogers	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data