Polona Hercog and Jessika Ponchet will play each other in the 2nd round of the Open BLS de Limoges for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Centre. 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 Polona Hercog who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Polona Hercog is the pick to win this match.
Polona Hercog -> 1.8
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Polona Hercog vs. Jessika Ponchet
This will be the 2nd time that Polona Hercog and Jessika Ponchet fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hercog (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Hercog won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Dunakeszi back in 2017.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 134, the Slovenian got to the 2nd round after beating Robin Montgomery 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Montgomery, The Slovenian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Hercog scored 95 points vs Montgomery’s 88. Hercog was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hercog recorded 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Polona Hercog lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hercog put 56% of her first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Montgomery 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).
Hercog has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (247-204). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hercog has a composed 10-13 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Slovenian has a composed 16-23 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Limoges
The Slovenian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jessika Ponchet
Ranked no. 201, Ponchet reached the 2nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ponchet defeated Zhang (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Ponchet scored 83 points vs Zhang’s 79. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Ponchet managed to score 15 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessika Ponchet lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ponchet put 48% of her first serves in, winning 92% (35/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Ponchet broke Zhang 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Ponchet has an overall 29-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hercog | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 27 |
| Pts | 95-88 | 83-79 |
| Total Points | 183 | 162 |
| Winners | 36 | 35 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Hercog and Ponchet played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Polona Hercog lost 1 set, while Jessika Ponchet surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hercog and Ponchet have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hercog played 3 games more than Ponchet. Polona scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ponchet managed to score 35 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hercog | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 15 |
| 1st in | 48/86 | 38/80 |
| %1st in | 56% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 35/38 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 19/42 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 45% |
Hercog managed to score 5 aces . Ponchet bagged 15 aces . Hercog won 75% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 92% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hercog | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 58% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Hercog broke her opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Polona conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jessika conceded her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hercog | |||
| R1 Montgomery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 95-88 | 95-88 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/86 | 48/86 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Ponchet | |||
| R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-79 | 83-79 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 38/80 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 35/38 | 35/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 19/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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