Polona Hercog and Paula Badosa Gibert will play each other in the quarter of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Polona Hercog who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Polona Hercog is the pick to win this match.
Polona Hercog -> 1.57
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Paula Badosa Gibert
This will be the 2nd time that Polona Hercog and Paula Badosa Gibert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 49, Hercog reached the quarter after defeating Berfu Cengiz 6-2 6-3 and Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Polona had a good straight sets win against Paolini (7-5 6-4). During the match Hercog scored 78 points vs Paolini’s 65. Hercog was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hercog made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Polona Hercog lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hercog put 51% of her first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Paolini 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hercog hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Hercog has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (259-203). 2-2 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hercog has a 144-70 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Hercog has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
The Slovenian didn’t compete in Istanbul in 2019.
Paula Badosa Gibert
Ranked no. 94, Badosa reached the quarter after defeating Katarina Zavatska 6-1 6-2 and Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Sorribes Tormo (6-1 6-4). During the match Badosa scored 65 points vs Sorribes Tormo’s 43. Badosa was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Badosa recorded 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Paula broke Sorribes Tormo 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paula hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
Badosa’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the W60 Burnie.
Paula has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
Paula didn’t compete in Istanbul in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hercog | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 32 |
| Pts | 135-107 | 120-78 |
| Total Points | 242 | 198 |
| Winners | 55 | 43 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Hercog and Badosa played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hercog and Badosa have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Hercog played 7 games more than Badosa. Polona scored 55 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 43 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hercog | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 68/121 | 60/91 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 55/68 | 43/60 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 28/53 | 11/31 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 35% |
Hercog made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Badosa made 4 aces (2 per match). Hercog won 81% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Badosa won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hercog | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 14/16 |
| % Converted | 47% | 88% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Hercog broke her opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Polona lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Spaniard broke her opponents 14 times with a 88% conversion rate. Badosa conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hercog | ||||
| R1 Cengiz |
R2 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 57-42 | 78-65 | 135-107 | |
| Total points | 99 | 143 | 242 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 35/69 | 68/121 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 28/35 | 55/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 17/34 | 28/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/10 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Badosa | ||||
| R1 Zavatska |
R2 Sorribes Tormo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 55-35 | 65-43 | 120-78 | |
| Total points | 90 | 108 | 198 | |
| Winners | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/37 | 33/54 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 61% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 23/33 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/10 | 9/21 | 11/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 20% | 43% | 35% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | 14/16 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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