Polona Hercog and Jasmine Paolini will play each other in the 2nd round of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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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 -> 1.37
Jasmine Paolini -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Jasmine Paolini
There is no head to head record between Polona Hercog and Jasmine Paolini since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 49, Polona got to the 2nd round after beating Berfu Cengiz 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Polona had a good straight sets win against Cengiz (6-2 6-3). During the match Hercog scored 57 points vs Cengiz’s 42. The Slovenian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hercog blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Polona Hercog was very effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Polona broke Cengiz 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Hercog has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (258-203). 1-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Hercog has a 143-70 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Slovenian has a 4-5 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
The Slovenian didn’t play in Istanbul in 2019.
Jasmine Paolini
Ranked no. 97, Paolini got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefanie Voegele 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jasmine defeated Voegele (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Paolini scored 98 points vs Voegele’s 84. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Paolini was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 60% of her first serves in, winning 56% (33/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Voegele 8 times after converting 53% of her break points (8/15).
Paolini has a 5-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
The Italian didn’t play in Istanbul in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hercog | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 57-42 | 98-84 |
| Total Points | 99 | 182 |
| Winners | 27 | 33 |
| %Winners | 47% | 34% |
Both Hercog and Paolini played 1 match. At the moment, Jasmine Paolini surrendered 1 set while Polona Hercog hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hercog has played 1 set(s) less than Paolini (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hercog played 9 games less than Paolini. Hercog scored 27 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Paolini bagged 33 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hercog | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 59/98 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 33/59 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 46% |
Hercog made 5 aces . Paolini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hercog won 82% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Paolini won 56% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hercog | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 60% | 53% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Slovenian broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Polona pretty solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Paolini broke her opponent 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Paolini conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hercog | |||
| R1 Cengiz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-42 | 57-42 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paolini | |||
| R1 Voegele |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-84 | 98-84 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/98 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Istanbul
- Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Misaki DoiDoi – Ellen PerezPerez (6-74 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (6-4 0-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Zarina DiyasDiyas (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Berfu CengizCengiz (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Kaja JuvanJuvan (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Heather WatsonWatson (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Damon GoochGooch – Sekou BangouraBangoura (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Rhyne WilliamsWilliams – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (6-4 0-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Eugenie BouchardBouchard (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Polona HercogHercog – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
