Robin Montgomery and Polona Hercog will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 12. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Robin Montgomery who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Robin Montgomery is the pick to win this match.
Robin Montgomery -> 1.135
Polona Hercog -> 5.5

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Prediction and head to head Robin Montgomery vs. Polona Hercog

This will be the 2nd time that Robin Montgomery and Polona Hercog square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hercog (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Hercog won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Limoges back in 2021.

Robin Montgomery

Robin Montgomery

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
105
High
105
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 35-23 9-9 14-10 2-1 10-3 0-0
2023 26-22 11-11 10-8 1-1 4-2 0-0
2022 36-16 23-12 4-2 9-2 0-0 0-0
2021 7-9 7-7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 105 (career-high), the American will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Tauson in the semifinal on the 4th of January.

The American has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Robin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Talking about her overall career, Robin has an overall 124-80 record. She has a positive 66-45 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Montgomery's Record

Polona Hercog

Polona Hercog

22 - 15win/loss

Clay
19-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
301
High
35
LWLWLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-15 0-0 19-10 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 28-15 0-0 28-14 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-24 6-11 8-6 2-4 0-3 0-0
2020 11-10 6-4 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 301, Polona will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match at the London where she lost 2-6 6-4 6-0 to Sonmez in the qualifications on the 26th of June.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of her career, The Slovenian has an overall 482-347 record. She has a negative 112-141 record on hard.

Australian Open
Hercog's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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