Sloane Stephens and Polona Hercog will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4 pm (est) on Court Suzanne LENGLEN .
Sloane Stephens
Ranked no. 7, Sloane reached the 3rd round after beating Misaki Doi 6-3 7-64 and Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1 7-63.
Sloane’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Madrid.
The American has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2019, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Stephens lost in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1 to Simona Halep.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 71, the Slovenian got to the 3rd round after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 4-6 6-2 8-6 and Jennifer Brady 6-3 6-78 6-4.
Her best result of the year was managing to win the title in Lugano where she defeated Iga Swiatek in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Hercog has a 17-12 win-loss record in 2019, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Slovenian lost in the 1st round 6-4 7-61 to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Polona Hercog
This will be the 4th time that Sloane Stephens and Polona Hercog face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Stephens won 6-2 7-64 in the 1st round in Madrid back in May 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.28
Polona Hercog -> 3.75
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