Caroline Garcia and Polona Hercog will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Caroline Garcia who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Caroline Garcia is the pick to win this match.
Caroline Garcia -> 1.58
Polona Hercog -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Caroline Garcia vs. Polona Hercog

This will be the 5th time that Caroline Garcia and Polona Hercog face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Garcia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Garcia won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.

Highlights Caroline Garcia vs Polona Hercog – Australian Open 08-February-2021

Caroline Garcia

Ranked no. 58, Garcia reached the 2nd round after beating Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Garcia had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-3 6-1). During the match, Garcia scored 58 points vs Siegemund’s 37. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Garcia scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Caroline Garcia was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of her 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Siegemund 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Garcia has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (298-227). 5-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Garcia has an aggregate 83-60 record in the last years on clay.

Caroline has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See her history.

French Open
Garcia's Record

Polona Hercog

Ranked no. 73, Polona got to the 2nd round after beating Kiki Bertens 6-1 3-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Polona defeated Bertens (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Hercog scored 88 points vs Bertens’s 79. The Slovenian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Hercog bagged 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Polona Hercog lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hercog put 40% of her first serves in, winning 61% (20/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. Polona broke Bertens 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).

Hercog has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2010 and 2019. See her history.

French Open
Hercog's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Garcia
P.Hercog
1h:07
1h:07
Time on court​
!
1h:54
1h:54
1h:07
1h:07
Last match​
1h:54
1h:54
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
58
58
Total points​
88
88
58
58
Avg point​
88
88
18
18
Winners
20
20
18
18
Avg Winners​
20
20
31%
31%
Ratio winners
23%
23%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
18/20
18/20
1st won total​
20/33
20/33
!
90%
90%
1st won %
61%
61%
15/21
15/21
2nd won total​
23/50
23/50
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
8/16
8/16
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
8/16
8/16
!
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
1
1
Conceded
10
10
1
1
Avg Conceded
10
10
0
0
Broken
6
6
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
6
6
1
1
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Garcia Hercog
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 16 26
Pts 58-37 88-79
Total Points 95 167
Winners 18 20
%Winners 31% 23%

Both Garcia and Hercog played 1 match. At the moment, Polona Hercog dropped 1 set while Caroline Garcia hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Garcia has played 1 set(s) less than Hercog (2 vs 3). Therefore, Garcia played 10 games less than Hercog. The French player scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian fired 20 winners (23%).

Serve Performance

Serve Garcia Hercog
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 20/41 33/83
%1st in 49% 40%
1st pts 18/20 20/33
%1st pts 90% 61%
2nd pts 15/21 23/50
%2nd pts 71% 46%

Garcia scored 1 ace . Hercog also managed to score 2 aces . Garcia won 90% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Hercog won 61% 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 Garcia Hercog
Won 4 8
Converted 4/7 8/16
% Converted 57% 50%
Conceded 1 10
Saved 1 4
% Saved 100% 40%
Times Broken 0 6

The French player broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The French player had a solid display on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Polona broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Polona conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Garcia
R1
Siegemund		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 58-37 58-37
Total points 95 95
Winners 18 18
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 20/41 20/41
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 18/20 18/20
% 1st pts 90% 90%
2nd pts 15/21 15/21
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Hercog
R1
Bertens		 Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 88-79 88-79
Total points 167 167
Winners 20 20
%Winners 23% 23%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 33/83 33/83
% 1st in 40% 40%
1st pts 20/33 20/33
% 1st pts 61% 61%
2nd pts 23/50 23/50
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/16 8/16
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 4/10 4
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 6 6

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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