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This is a list of the main career statistics of Belarusian professional tennis player, Victoria Azarenka. To date, Azarenka has won twenty WTA singles titles including two grand slam singles titles, six WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles and three WTA Premier 5 singles titles. She was also the runner-up at the 2011 WTA Tour Championships, 2012 US Open and 2013 US Open. Among other achievements, Azarenka was the bronze medalist in women's singles and Gold medalist in mixed doubles with her compatriot, Max Mirnyi at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Career achievements
In January 2009, Azarenka won her first career WTA singles title at the Brisbane International by defeating Marion Bartoli in the final in straight sets. In March, she cracked the top 10 of the WTA Rankings for the first time in her career after a semifinal appearance at the BNP Paribas Open. The following month, Azarenka won her first Premier Mandatory singles title at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, defeating Serena Williams in the final. At the French Open, Azarenka defeated defending champion Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles. There, she lost to then world no. 1 Dinara Safina in a tight three-set match. Following this event, Azarenka reached her second consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon, but lost in straight sets. Azarenka's results throughout the year allowed her to qualify for the year-end WTA Tour Championships for the first time in her career. She finished the year ranked world no. 7, marking her first time in the year-end top 10.
In January 2010, Azarenka reached her first quarterfinal at the Australian Open and third Grand Slam quarterfinal overall. The following year, she reached her second French Open quarterfinal, losing to the eventual champion Li Na, and her first Grand Slam semifinal at the Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual champion Petra Kvitová in three sets. After a third-round loss at the US Open, Azarenka cracked the top 3 of the WTA Rankings for the first time in her career. At the year-end WTA Tour Championships, Azarenka advanced beyond the round-robin stage of the event for the first time in her career and went on to reach the final, where she would lose in three sets to Kvitová. Azarenka finished the year ranked world no. 3.
At the 2012 Australian Open, Azarenka defeated defending champion Kim Clijsters in the semifinals in three sets to reach her first Grand Slam singles final, where she rallied from 2–0 down in the first set to defeat former Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets and thus win her first Grand Slam singles title. With this achievement, Azarenka became the first player representing Belarus to win a Grand Slam title in singles. She also became world no. 1 for the first time in her career and thus became the first Belarusian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Following this victory, Azarenka extended her winning streak since the start of the year to 26 consecutive matches by winning titles in Doha and Indian Wells, before losing in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open to Marion Bartoli.
Later that year, Azarenka reached her second consecutive semifinal at Wimbledon and the semifinals of the 2012 London Olympics, where she won the bronze medal in singles by defeating Maria Kirilenko. She also won a Gold Medal in mixed doubles with her compatriot, Max Mirnyi. In September, Azarenka defeated defending champion Samantha Stosur and Maria Sharapova in three sets en route to her first final at the US Open and second grand slam singles final overall. In October, Azarenka defeated Sharapova in the final of the China Open to win her second Premier Mandatory singles title of the year. With this achievement, Azarenka won three of the four Premier Mandatory singles events; she finished as runner-up twice at the Mutua Madrid Open. Azarenka finished the year ranked the world no. 1 for the first time in her career.
Singles
Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records. This table is current through the 2016 Italian Open.
Doubles
Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.
This table is current through the 2015 Qatar Total Open.
Team
Levels of Fed Cup in which Belarus did not compete in a particular year are marked "Not Participating" or "NP".
Record against top 10 players
Azarenka's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:
WTA Tour career earnings
*As of April 4, 2016
Winning streaks
Victoria Azarenka has one 20+-match win streak: 26 (2012)
26-match win streak 2012
Azarenka's 26 match winning streak was the best start to a WTA Tour season since Martina Hingis won 37 in a row in 1997.