Karolina Pliskova vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Karolina Pliskova
#56 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
4 meetings · sets 8–1
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#233 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
5wKarolina 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 | 63% | 12/19 | 69% | 18/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 4/12 | 31% | 5/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 11/31 | 31% | 13/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 35% | 6/17 | 50% | 15/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 78% | 7/9 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 14/16 | 91% | 21/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 12/16 | 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: 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 1,830 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
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 | 6–5 | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.13 | 2.39 |
| ROI % | -13.6% | -54.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.50u | -1.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL | — |
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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Pliskova and Hercog posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Oleksandra Oliynykova | W 64 64 | W 46 63 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Talia Gibson
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · Quarterfinals
Jun 19
Caty Mcnally
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 2nd Round
Jun 18
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–42 matches
| Metric | Pliskova | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 62% |
| Sets won | 58% | 59% |
| Games won | 50% | 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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