Karolina Pliskova vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova
#49 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
6w4 meetings · sets 8–1
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#224 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
Karolina Pliskova and Polona Hercog have met 4 times since 2015; Karolina Pliskova leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Sydney in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Pliskova leads 4–0. Pliskova has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Pliskova has taken 8 sets to Hercog's 1. Their most recent meeting: Karolina Pliskova won at Zhengzhou (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pliskova | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Karolina Pliskova | Polona Hercog | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 12/20 | 68% | 23/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 3/12 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 34% | 11/32 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 6/16 | 49% | 19/39 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 9/16 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 70% | 7/10 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 13/14 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 12/14 | 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Pliskova 3, Hercog 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pliskova
🤖 Servebot
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 2,084 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 servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Sep 12, 2019
Zhengzhou
H Hard · Round of 16
Oct 11, 2018
Tianjin
H Hard · Round of 16
Aug 26, 2015
New Haven
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 14, 2015
Sydney
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Pliskova | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Karolina Pliskova | Polona Hercog | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 5/5 | 88% | 7/8 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 50% | 4/8 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 38% | 3/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–3 | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | 2.73 | 2.38 |
| ROI % | -35.6% | -47.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.78u | -3.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 4 |
| Events | — | 4 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | 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
Across 2 shared opponents, both Pliskova and Hercog posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Oleksandra Oliynykova | W 64 64 | W 46 63 63 |
| Marina Bassols Ribera | L 36 26 | L 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Hanne Vandewinkel
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Sara Bejlek
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Mirra Andreeva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Oleksandra Oliynykova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Iga Swiatek
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Tereza Valentova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Marie Bouzkova
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · Semifinals
Jun 20
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 32–56 matches
| Metric | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 61% |
| Sets won | 57% | 58% |
| Games won | 49% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 3 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 0 |
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