Information about Victoria Azarenka

Personal facts

About her

  • Tennis player
  • Born July 31, 1989
  • Minsk, USSR (now Byelorussia)
  • 1.80 m (5 feet 10 inches)
  • 60 kg (132 pounds)

Family

  • Parents: Alla and Fedor Azarenka
  • Sibling: one brother

Accomplishments

Victories in singles

  • Winner in Monterrey, Mexico by beating Garbiñe Muguruza: 2016.
  • Winner in Indian Wells, United States by beating Serena Williams: 2016.
  • Winner in Brisbane, Australia by beating Angelique Kerber: 2016.
  • Winner in Cincinnati, United States by beating Serena Williams: 2013.
  • Winner in Doha, Qatar by beating Serena Williams: 2013.
  • Winner at the Australian Open in Melbourne by beating Li Na: 2013.
  • Winner in Linz, Austria by beating Julia Görges: 2012.
  • Winner in Beijing, China by beating Maria Sharapova: 2012.
  • Winner in Indians Wells, United States by beating Maria Sharapova: 2012.
  • Winner in Doha, Qatar, Australia by beating Samantha Stosur: 2012.
  • Winner at the Australian Open in Melbourne by beating Maria Sharapova: 2012.
  • Winner in Sydney, Australia by beating Li Na: 2012.
  • Winner in Luxembourg by beating Monica Niculescu: 2011.
  • Winner in Marbella, Spain by beating Irina-Camelia Begu: 2011.
  • Winner in Miami, United States by beating Maria Sharapova: 2011.
  • Winner in Moscow, Russia by beating Maria Kirilenko: 2010.
  • Winner in San Jose, United States by beating Maria Sharapova: 2010.
  • Winner in Miami, United States by beating Serena Williams: 2009.
  • Winner in Memphis, United States by beating Caroline Wozniacki: 2009.
  • Winner in Brisbane, Australia by beating Marion Bartoli: 2009.
  • Winner in Luxembourg (ITF) by beating Viktoriya Kutuzova: 2005.

Victories in doubles

  • Winner with her Australian partner Ashleigh Barty in Rome, Italy: 2019.
  • Winner with her Chinese partner Zheng Saisai in Acapulco, Mexico: 2019.
  • Winner with her Russian partner Maria Kirilenko in San Jose, United States: 2011.
  • Winner with her Russian partner Maria Kirilenko in Madrid, Spain: 2011.
  • Winner with her Russian partner Maria Kirilenko in Cincinnati, United States: 2010.
  • Winner with her Russian partner Vera Zvonareva in Indian Wells, United States: 2009.
  • Winner with her Danish partner Caroline Wozniacki in Memphis, United States: 2009.
  • Winner with her Belarusian partner Tatiana Poutchek in Tashkent, Uzbekistan: 2006.

Victories in mixed doubles

  • Winner with American partner Bob Bryan at Roland-Garros in Paris, France: 2008.
  • Winner with Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi at the US Open in New York, United States: 2007.

Olympic Games

  • She participated in 2 Olympic Games in Beijing, China (2008) and London, United Kingdom (2012) by representing Belarus.

Fed Cup

  • She participated 8 times in Fed Cup (2005, 2007, 2009 to 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2019) by representing Belarus.

Tennis facts

Plays

  • Right-handed
  • Two-handed backhand

World ranking

  • During the interview (August 18, 2009), she was ranked 9th in the world in singles according to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  • Her best WTA world ranking in singles is the 1st place on January 30, 2012.