Irina-Camelia Begu and Polona Hercog will face off in the 2nd round of the Tennis in the Land for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on Stadium Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Irina-Camelia Begu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Irina-Camelia Begu is the pick to win this match.
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.71
Polona Hercog -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Polona Hercog
This will be the 4th time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Polona Hercog square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Begu won 6-2 6-7(6) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Seoul back in 2015.
Irina-Camelia Begu
Ranked no. 74, Irina-Camelia reached the 2nd round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, Irina-Camelia had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (7-63 6-3). During the match, Begu scored 82 points vs Alexandrova’s 76. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Begu fired 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Alexandrova 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Begu has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (256-213). 9-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Begu has a composed 101-104 record in the last years on hard.
Begu has a compiled 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Irina-Camelia has never competed in this tournament before.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 85, Polona reached the 2nd round after defeating Maria Mateas 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Polona had a good straight sets win against Mateas (6-3 6-2). During the match Hercog scored 62 points vs Mateas’s 51. The Slovenian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Hercog made 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Polona Hercog lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hercog put 51% of her first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Mateas 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in the W60 Oeiras where she overcame Clara Burel in the final w/o.
The Slovenian has a compiled 11-15 win-loss record in 2021, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 82-76 | 62-51 |
| Total Points | 158 | 113 |
| Winners | 33 | 24 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Begu and Hercog played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Begu and Hercog have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Begu played 5 games more than Hercog. Irina-Camelia scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Polona fired 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 28/55 |
| %1st in | 65% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 10/27 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 37% |
Begu scored 5 aces . Hercog scored 4 aces . Begu won 77% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hercog won 86% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 27% | 83% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Begu broke her opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Begu conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Hercog broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Polona conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Begu | |||
| R1 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 33/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hercog | |||
| R1 Mateas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-51 | 62-51 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/55 | 28/55 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 10/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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