Polona Hercog and Berfu Cengiz will clash against each other in the 1st round of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7 pm on Centre Court. Here 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Polona Hercog is the pick to win this match.
Polona Hercog -> 1.041
Berfu Cengiz -> 9.6

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Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Berfu Cengiz

There is no head to head record between Polona Hercog and Berfu Cengiz since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Polona Hercog

Ranked no. 49, the Slovenian will start her run in Istanbul after she played her last match in Prague where she lost 6-1 1-6 7-6(3) to Halep in the 1st round the 11th of August.

Polona has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2020, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Hercog has an overall 405-283 record. She has positive 259-112 record on clay.

Last year in Istanbul

Polona didn’t play in Istanbul in 2019.

Berfu Cengiz

Ranked no. 387, the Turk will start her run in Istanbul after she played her last match in the W25 Potchefstroom where she lost 6-1 4-6 6-4 to Simmonds in the 2nd round the 5th of March.

The Turk has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Berfu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Jodhpur.

In terms of her career, The Turk has an overall 121-81 record. She has positive 46-22 record on clay.

Last year in Istanbul

The Turk lost in the 1st round to Elitsa Kostova.

Tennis Scores in Istanbul

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