2014 Victoria Azarenka tennis season
# 2014 Victoria Azarenka tennis season

The 2014 Victoria Azarenka tennis season officially began at the 2014 Brisbane International, the first of two simultaneous events which opened the 2014 season, and ended with a second round loss to Ana Ivanovic at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September.

## Yearly summary

### Australian Open series

Azarenka began her 2014 season as the second seed at the 2014 Brisbane International, in what was her third participation at the event. She reached the final for the first time since 2009, but lost to world No. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets.

Her next tournament was the Australian Open, where she was the two-time defending champion. She failed to defend her title, losing in the quarter-finals to Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets.

### Middle East series

Azarenka was due to play in the Qatar Total Open, where she was the two-time defending champion, but she withdrew before the tournament started due to a left foot injury.

### American hard court season

Azarenka returned from her foot injury at the Indian Wells Masters, but she lost her first match to Lauren Davis, marking her earliest ever exit from Indian Wells. A recurrence of her foot injury at Indian Wells later forced her withdrawal from Miami for the second consecutive year.

Azarenka withdrew from the Monterrey Open for the second consecutive year.

### Clay court season

Azarenka was scheduled to play at both the Madrid Open and the Italian Open, however she withdrew from both tournaments after failing to recover from a left foot injury. Her absences from both events resulted in her dropping out of the top four for the first time since May 2011. She ultimately withdrew from the French Open after failing to recover in time for the event.

### Grass court season

After three months out due to a foot injury, Azarenka returned to the Tour at the Eastbourne International as a wildcard entry. She drew world No. 44 Camila Giorgi in the first round, and was defeated in three sets.

Azarenka then played at Wimbledon, where she lost in the second round for the second year running; after defeating Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the first round for her first win since January, she lost to Bojana Jovanovski in the second in three sets.

### US Open series

Azarenka started her US Open series campaign as a wildcard entry at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. After receiving a second round bye, she was defeated in the second round by Venus Williams in straight sets; as a result of that loss, she dropped out of the top ten for the first time since September 2010. She had marked her 200th consecutive week in the top ten in the week of Stanford.

Azarenka's spell outside the top ten lasted just one week; by reaching the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup, where she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska for the second time this season, she re-entered the top ten in the week starting 11 August 2014 at the expense of Ana Ivanovic.

She later withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters due to a right knee injury she suffered at the Rogers Cup. This defeat has, again, seen her drop out of the top ten as she was the defending champion.

At the US Open, Azarenka reached the quarter-finals for the third consecutive year, but was upset by Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets. The loss saw Azarenka drop out of the top 20 for the first time in over six years.

### Asian hard court season

After the US Open, Azarenka commenced her Asian swing at the downgraded Premier tournament in Tokyo, where she was unseeded. She defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round in three sets, before losing to fellow former world number one and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the second in straight sets. She was then scheduled to play at the inaugural 2014 Wuhan Open and the China Open, however she announced that she will miss the remainder of the season due to knee and foot injuries.

## All matches

### Singles matches

| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponent | Rank | Result | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014 | - | 1R | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014 | 533 | 2R | Casey Dellacqua | #142 | Win | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014 | 534 | QF | Stefanie Vögele | #50 | Win | 6–4, $6–7^{(7–9)},$ 6–1 |
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014 | 535 | SF | Jelena Janković | #8 | Win | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 29 December 2013 – 5 January 2014 | 536 | F | Serena Williams | #1 | Loss (1) | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 | 537 | 1R | Johanna Larsson | #91 | Win | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–2 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 | 538 | 2R | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | #84 | Win | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 | 539 | 3R | Yvonne Meusburger | #49 | Win | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 | 540 | 4R | Sloane Stephens | #13 | Win | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 13–26 January 2014 | 541 | QF | Agnieszka Radwańska | #5 | Loss | 1–6, 7–5, 0–6 |
| Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 10–16 February 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 3–16 March 2014 |
| BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 3–16 March 2014 | - | 1R | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 3–16 March 2014 | 542 | 2R | Lauren Davis | #66 | Loss | 0–6, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ |
| Sony Open Tennis Miami, United States of America WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19–30 March 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 5–11 May 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 12–18 May 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 25 May–8 June 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Aegon International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Grass, outdoor 16–21 June 2014 | 543 | 1R | Camila Giorgi | #44 | Loss | 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 23 June–6 July 2014 | 544 | 1R | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | #108 | Win | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 23 June–6 July 2014 | 545 | 2R | Bojana Jovanovski | #46 | Loss | 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States of America WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 28 July – 3 August 2014 | - | 1R | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States of America WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 28 July – 3 August 2014 | 546 | 2R | Venus Williams | #25 | Loss | 4–6, $6–7^{(1–7)}$ |
| Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 4–10 August 2014 | - | 1R | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 4–10 August 2014 | 547 | 2R | Alizé Cornet | #22 | Win | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 4–10 August 2014 | 548 | 3R | Heather Watson | #57 | Win | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 4–10 August 2014 | 549 | QF | Agnieszka Radwańska | #5 | Loss | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States of America WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 11–17 August 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 August–8 September 2014 | 550 | 1R | Misaki Doi | #91 | Win | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–4, 6–1 |
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 August–8 September 2014 | 551 | 2R | Christina McHale | #44 | Win | 6–3, 6–2 |
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 August–8 September 2014 | 552 | 3R | Elena Vesnina | #56 | Win | 6–1, 6–1 |
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 August–8 September 2014 | 553 | 4R | Aleksandra Krunić | #145 | Win | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| US Open New York City, United States of America Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 August–8 September 2014 | 554 | QF | Ekaterina Makarova | #18 | Loss | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 September 2014 | 555 | 1R | Kimiko Date-Krumm | #86 | Win | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 September 2014 | 556 | 2R | Ana Ivanovic | #10 | Loss | 4–6, 3–6 |

## Tournament schedule

### Singles schedule

Victoria Azarenka's 2014 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

| Date | Championship | Location | Category | Surface | 2013 result | 2013 points | 2014 points | Outcome |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 December 2013– 5 January 2014 | Brisbane International | Brisbane | WTA Premier | Hard | SF | 200 | 305 | Final Lost to Serena Williams 4–6, 5–7 |
| 14 January 2014– 27 January 2014 | Australian Open | Melbourne | Grand Slam | Hard | W | 2000 | 430 | Quarter-finals Lost to Agnieszka Radwańska 1–6, 7–5, 0–6 |
| 10 February 2014– 16 February 2014 | Qatar Open | Doha | WTA Premier 5 | Hard | W | 900 | 0 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 3 March 2014– 16 March 2014 | Indian Wells Masters | Indian Wells | WTA Premier Mandatory | Hard | QF | 250 | 10 | Second round Lost to Lauren Davis 0–6, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ |
| 17 March 2013– 30 March 2014 | Miami Masters | Miami | WTA Premier Mandatory | Hard | DNP | 0 | 0 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 5 May 2014– 11 May 2014 | Madrid Open | Madrid | WTA Premier Mandatory | Clay | 2R | 60 | 0 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 12 May 2014– 18 May 2014 | Italian Open | Rome | WTA Premier 5 | Clay | F | 700 | 0 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 25 May 2014– 8 June 2014 | French Open | Paris | Grand Slam | Clay | SF | 900 | 0 | Withdrew due to left foot injury |
| 16 June 2014– 21 June 2014 | Eastbourne International | Eastbourne | WTA Premier | Grass | DNP | 0 | 1 | First round Lost to Camila Giorgi 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 |
| 23 June 2014– 6 July 2014 | Wimbledon | London | Grand Slam | Grass | 2R | 100 | 70 | Second round Lost to Bojana Jovanovski 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| 28 July 2014– 3 August 2014 | Stanford Classic | Stanford | WTA Premier | Hard | DNP | 0 | 1 | Second round Lost to Venus Williams 4–6, $6–7^{(1–7)}$ |
| 4 August 2014– 10 August 2014 | Canadian Open | Toronto | WTA Premier 5 | Hard | DNP | 0 | 190 | Quarter-finals Lost to Agnieszka Radwańska 2–6, 2–6 |
| 11 August 2014– 17 August 2014 | Cincinnati Masters | Cincinnati | WTA Premier 5 | Hard | W | 900 | 0 | Withdrew due to right knee injury |
| 25 August 2014– 8 September 2014 | US Open | New York | Grand Slam | Hard | F | 1400 | 430 | Quarter-finals Lost to Ekaterina Makarova 4–6, 2–6 |
| 15 September 2014– 21 September 2014 | Pan Pacific Open | Tokyo | WTA Premier | Hard | 2R | 60 | TBD | Second round Lost to Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 4–6 |
| 21 September 2014– 27 September 2014 | Wuhan Open | Wuhan | WTA Premier 5 | Hard | 2R | 0 | 0 | Withdrew due to knee and foot injury |
| 27 September 2014– 5 October 2014 | China Open | Beijing | WTA Premier Mandatory | Hard | 1R | 5 | 0 | Withdrew due to knee and foot injury |
| Total year-end points | Total year-end points | Total year-end points | Total year-end points | Total year-end points | Total year-end points | 8046 | 1813 | 6233 difference |

## Yearly Records

### Head-to-head match-ups

Bold indicates that the player was in the Top 10, italics denotes that the player was in the Top 20 (at the time of the match being played). This list is ordered by number of wins to number of losses in chronological order played.

* Casey Dellacqua 1–0
* Stefanie Vögele 1–0
* Jelena Janković 1–0
* Johanna Larsson 1–0
* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1–0
* Yvonne Meusburger 1–0
* Sloane Stephens 1–0
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 1–0
* Alizé Cornet 1–0
* Heather Watson 1–0
* Misaki Doi 1–0
* Christina McHale 1–0
* Elena Vesnina 1–0
* Aleksandra Krunić 1–0
* Kimiko Date-Krumm 1–0
* Lauren Davis 0–1
* Camila Giorgi 0–1
* Ana Ivanovic 0–1
* Bojana Jovanovski 0–1
* Ekaterina Makarova 0–1
* Venus Williams 0–1
* Serena Williams 0–1
* Agnieszka Radwańska 0–2

### Finals

**Singles: 1 (0–1)**

* Category
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
* WTA Premier Mandatory (0–0)
* WTA Premier 5 (0–0)
* WTA Premier (0–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by conditions
* Outdoors (0–1)
* Indoors (0–0)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | January 4, 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Serena Williams | 4–6, 5–7 |

### Earnings

| # | Event | Prize money | Year-to-date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brisbane International | $104,890 | $104,890 |
| 2 | Australian Open | $239,365 | $344,255 |
| 3 | BNP Paribas Open | $16,000 | $360,255 |
| 4 | Aegon International | $4,740 | $364,995 |
| 5 | Wimbledon | $67,015 | $432,010 |
| 6 | Bank of the West Classic | $10,000 | $442,010 |
| 7 | Rogers Cup | $51,130 | $493,140 |
| 8 | US Open | $364,443 | $857,583 |
| | | | $857,583 |

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

