Ayana Akli vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ayana Akli
#282 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 1–2
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#224 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
Ayana Akli and Polona Hercog have met 1 time since 2026; Polona Hercog leads 1–0. Across all meetings Akli has taken 1 sets to Hercog's 2. Their most recent meeting: Polona Hercog won at W75 Quinta do Lago (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Akli | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayana Akli | Polona Hercog | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 15/20 | 68% | 23/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 48% | 12/25 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 17/45 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 49% | 19/39 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 58% | 15/26 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 18/22 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 74% | 23/31 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Akli 0, Hercog 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Akli
🏹 Frontrunner
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 978 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 30, 2026
W75 Quinta do Lago
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Akli | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ayana Akli | Polona Hercog | ||
| 1 or more | 47% | 7/15 | 88% | 7/8 |
| 3 or more | 7% | 1/15 | 50% | 4/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 38% | 3/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–7 | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.11 | 2.38 |
| ROI % | +3.9% | -47.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.59u | -3.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 4 |
| Events | 3 | 4 |
| Matches | 4 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GEO → EGY → ECU | ESP → SRB → ECU → AUT |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Hercog has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Akli's 0%).
| Opponent | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Mia Ristic | L 36 61 46 | W 57 76 64 |
| Laura Pigossi | L 46 61 36 | L 16 36 |
| Lucrezia Stefanini | L 67 16 | W 76 75 |
| Jazmin Ortenzi | L 75 46 06 | L 46 63 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Polona Hercog
W75 Quinta do Lago · 1st Round
Sep 30
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Eupago Porto Open - Porto · 2nd Round
Sep 23
Anouk Koevermans
Eupago Porto Open - Porto · 1st Round
Sep 21
Noma Noha Akugue
Ladies Open - Caldas da Rainha · 1st Round
Sep 15
Mia Ristic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Anastasia Zakharova
W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Carolyn Ansari
W100 Landisville · 2nd Round
Aug 7
Priscilla Hon
W100 Landisville · 1st Round
Aug 5
Alena Kovackova
W50 Burgas · 1st Round
Oct 6
Lisa Pigato
W75 Quinta do Lago · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Naiktha Bains
W75 Quinta do Lago · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Ayana Akli
W75 Quinta do Lago · 1st Round
Sep 30
Leyre Romero Gormaz
Tolentino Open - Tolentino · 1st Round
Sep 21
Julie Struplova
Zavarovalnica Triglav - Ljubljana · 1st Round
Sep 14
Moyuka Uchijima
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Laura Pigossi
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–56 matches
| Metric | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 61% |
| Sets won | 49% | 58% |
| Games won | 49% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Akli | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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