Azarenka has won two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles — 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi and 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan. She has won five singles titles, including the Premier Mandatory 2009 Sony Ericsson Open and has made three Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances.
Azarenka is an aggressive baseliner. She is known for her well-timed and powerful groundstrokes. Her best shot is her backhand which is regarded as one of the strongest currently in the women's game. She can be effective at net, as her drive volley is one of the best in the women's game. Her main weakness' are considered to be her serve, lacking both power and stability on second serve, and her movement due to a lack of sprinting power. Her forehand can also sometimes break down and produce unforced errors, although this has improved over the years.[citation needed]
Azarenka began the season at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic exhibition. She was part of Team Europe along with Caroline Wozniacki and Stefan Edberg. In her first match she defeated Gisela Dulko 6–1. The match was played best of 1 set due to rain. She withdrew from her remaining matches due to illness. She was seeded 6th at the Medibank International. She won her first three matches, all 7–5 in the 3rd set. In the semifinals she fell to the 5th seed Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–1.
Azarenka's performance in Moscow qualified her for the season-ending 2010 WTA Tour Championships, where she is in the White Group as the 8th seed. In her first round robin match Azarenka lost to Vera Zvonareva 7-6 6-4 despite serving for the first set at 5-4 and leading 3-1 in the second. She also lost to Kim Clijsters in her second match 6-4 5-7 6-1, which assured that she did not qualify for the semifinals. Then, in her final match of the tournament and season, she defeated Jankovic for the second year in a row 6-4 6-1. Azarenka is set to end the year as World No.10, her second consecutive year-end Top 10 finish.
Azarenka then took part in a charitable exhibtion match in mid-November with World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, beating the Dane 6-3 6-3 at the Sports Palace in Minsk.
Her move to Scottsdale from Minsk, Belarus was aided by National Hockey League goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, who is a friend of Azarenka's mother.[1] In 2009 she posed in the French edition of FHM
Ranked World Number 96, Azarenka began the year by playing two tournaments in Australia. She lost in the second round at the Moorilla Hobart International to Venus Williams. At the Australian Open, Azarenka reached the third round of a Grand Slam singles tournament for the second consecutive time, where she lost to World Number 11 Jelena Janković in straight sets.
She was upset in the first round of the French Open by Karin Knapp of Italy, and at Wimbledon, she lost in the third round to 14th-seeded Nicole Vaidišová.
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