Marketa Vondrousova and Polona Hercog will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9 pm on Campo Centrale. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.81
Polona Hercog -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Polona Hercog
There is no head to head record between Marketa Vondrousova and Polona Hercog since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 19, Vondrousova got to the 3rd round after beating Misaki Doi 6-1 4-6 6-4 and Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Marketa had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-3 6-3). During the match Vondrousova scored 82 points vs Rus’s 65. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vondrousova scored 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve twice and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 46% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Marketa broke Rus 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marketa has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points she played.
Vondrousova has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 71% of her matches (178-72). 2-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has a 87-25 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Vondrousova has a 6-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Czech capitulated in the quarter to Johanna Konta.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 50, Polona got to the 3rd round after beating Kaja Juvan 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Kiki Bertens 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Polona had a good straight sets win against Bertens (6-4 6-4). During the match Hercog scored 69 points vs Bertens’s 53. Hercog was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Hercog scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Polona Hercog lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hercog put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Hercog broke Bertens 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hercog has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Polona has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Slovenian had to surrender in the 1st round to Madison Keys.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 47 |
| Pts | 197-167 | 166-136 |
| Total Points | 364 | 302 |
| Winners | 63 | 56 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Vondrousova and Hercog played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marketa Vondrousova conceded 1 set, while Polona Hercog dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vondrousova and Hercog have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Vondrousova played 2 games less than Hercog. The Czech scored 63 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian fired 56 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 93/184 | 75/156 |
| %1st in | 51% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 63/93 | 56/75 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/91 | 35/81 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 43% |
Vondrousova struck 4 aces (2 per match). Hercog struck 4 aces (2 per match). Vondrousova won 68% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Hercog won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/27 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 28 | 20 |
| Saved | 22 | 13 |
| % Saved | 79% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The Czech broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Marketa surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded. Polona broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hercog conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | ||||
| R1 Doi |
R2 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 45 | |
| pts | 115-102 | 82-65 | 197-167 | |
| Total points | 217 | 147 | 364 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 52/94 | 41/90 | 93/184 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 46% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 28/41 | 63/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 23/49 | 40/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 5/8 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 63% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 | 28 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 14/16 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 88% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Hercog | ||||
| R1 Juvan |
R2 Bertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 97-83 | 69-53 | 166-136 | |
| Total points | 180 | 122 | 302 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 40/96 | 35/60 | 75/156 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 58% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 25/35 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/56 | 12/25 | 35/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 48% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/10 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 2/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 40% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLLWLW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Cori GauffGauff (7-63 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Shuko Aoyama/Ena ShibaharaAoyama/Ena Shibahara – Simona Halep/Monica NiculescuHalep/Monica Niculescu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (4-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Kiki BertensBertens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Johanna KontaKonta (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Polona HercogHercog – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
