Ayla Aksu vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ayla Aksu
#200 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#233 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
5wAyla Aksu and Polona Hercog have met 1 time since 2026; Polona Hercog leads 1–0. Across all meetings Aksu has taken 0 sets to Hercog's 2. Their most recent meeting: Polona Hercog won at W75 Zagreb (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Aksu | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayla Aksu | Polona Hercog | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 24/35 | 69% | 18/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 7/24 | 31% | 5/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 18/59 | 31% | 13/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 18/33 | 50% | 15/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 43% | 9/21 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 73% | 11/15 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 29/31 | 91% | 21/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 24/31 | 78% | 18/23 |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Aksu 0, Hercog 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Aksu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 6,005 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Polona Hercog.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 14, 2026
W75 Zagreb
C Clay · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–4 | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.41 | 2.39 |
| ROI % | +28.7% | -54.0% |
| Units P/L | +3.44u | -1.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | BUL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Aksu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Hercog's 67%).
| Opponent | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Sofia Costoulas | W 26 63 64 | W 61 62 |
| Dalila Jakupovic | W 62 62 | W 62 26 64 |
| Kajsa Rinaldo Persson | W 63 64 | L 57 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alana Smith
W35 Aldershot · 2nd Round
Aug 12
Allegra Korpanec Davies
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round
Aug 11
Daria Snigur
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 2nd Round
Jul 22
Sofia Costoulas
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Jul 20
Vendula Valdmannova
Enka Open - Istanbul · 1st Round
Jul 14
Anna Kubareva
W50 Palma Del Rio · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Celia Cervino Ruiz
W50 Palma Del Rio · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Esther Lopez Alcaraz
W50 Palma Del Rio · 1st Round
Jun 24
Laura Pigossi
W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas · 1st Round
Jul 29
Dalila Jakupovic
Generali Open Ladies - Kitzbuhel · 1st Round
Jul 13
Bianca Andreescu
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
W75 Zagreb · Quarterfinals
May 15
Ayla Aksu
W75 Zagreb · Round of 16
May 14
Lucrezia Stefanini
W75 Zagreb · Round of 32
May 13
Ane Mintegi Del Olmo
W35 Platja d'Aro · Quarterfinals
May 8
Miriana Tona
W35 Platja d'Aro · 2nd Round
May 7
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–60 matches
| Metric | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 62% |
| Sets won | 57% | 59% |
| Games won | 52% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Aksu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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