Daria Kasatkina and Polona Hercog will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Birmingham Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on Ann Jones Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.45
Polona Hercog -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Polona Hercog
This will be the 2nd time that Daria Kasatkina and Polona Hercog fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kasatkina won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in February 2021.
Daria Kasatkina
Ranked no. 35, the Russian will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Cirstea in the 3rd round on the 4th of June.
The Russian has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in in St. Petersburg where she beat Margarita Gasparyan in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..
Talking about her overall career, Darya has an overall 247-137 record. She has a positive 10-8 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 73, Hercog will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Vondrousova in the 3rd round on the 4th of June.
Hercog has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
In terms of her career, Hercog has an overall 422-298 record. She has a positive 25-22 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
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- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Harriet DartDart (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Samantha StosurStosur (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-4 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Heather WatsonWatson – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donna VekicVekic – Francesca JonesJones (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elise MertensMertens – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fiona FerroFerro – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yafan WangWang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Donna VekicVekic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
