Polona Hercog and Sorana Cirstea will clash against each other in the semifinal of Dubai (W100+H) for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.86
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 6th time that Polona Hercog and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hercog won 3-6 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2018.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 52, Polona reached the qualifications after defeating Viktoria Kuzmova 7-5 6-3, Aliona Bolsova 6-2 7-63 and Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Polona had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-2 6-4). During the match Hercog scored 57 points vs Rus’s 36. The Slovenian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hercog fired 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Polona Hercog was exceptionally effective on serve to win 94% (16/17) of her 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Polona was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Rus 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Polona hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Hercog has a a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (265-207). 6-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Hercog has a 89-102 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Hercog has a 11-9 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Hercog didn’t compete in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 86, the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-0 6-3 and Barbora Krejcikova 7-65 1-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Sorana defeated Krejcikova (7-65 1-6 6-3).-91) than Krejcikova. In fact, the world no. 52 won 91 points vs Krejcikova’s. That means that Cirstea was more focused during the important points. Cirstea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (44/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Krejcikova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cirstea has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Cirstea has a 13-10 win-loss record in 2020, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hercog | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 59 |
| Pts | 205-154 | 216-165 |
| Total Points | 359 | 381 |
| Winners | 70 | 97 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Hercog and Cirstea played 3 matches. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea dropped 1 set while Polona Hercog hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hercog has played 1 set(s) less than Cirstea (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Hercog played 1 game more than Cirstea. Polona scored 70 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea fired 97 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hercog | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 94/183 | 139/216 |
| %1st in | 51% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 70/94 | 97/139 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 53/89 | 35/77 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 45% |
Hercog bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Cirstea struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Hercog won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hercog | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 14/17 |
| % Converted | 55% | 82% |
| Conceded | 12 | 26 |
| Saved | 7 | 19 |
| % Saved | 58% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Hercog broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hercog dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 14 times with a 82% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hercog | |||||
| R1 Kuzmova |
R2 Bolsova |
1/4 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 18 | 60 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 78-61 | 57-36 | 205-154 | |
| Total points | 127 | 139 | 93 | 359 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 16 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 37/71 | 17/47 | 94/183 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 52% | 36% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/37 | 16/17 | 70/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 94% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 19/34 | 21/30 | 53/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 70% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 100% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 100% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cirstea | |||||
| R1 Blinkova |
R2 Cocciaretto |
1/4 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-3 | 7-65 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 70-44 | 55-24 | 91-97 | 216-165 | |
| Total points | 114 | 79 | 188 | 381 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 44 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 29/43 | 67/106 | 139/216 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 23/29 | 44/67 | 97/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 7/14 | 17/39 | 35/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 50% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 14/17 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 86% | 75% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | 56% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
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