Kiki Bertens vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Kiki Bertens
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
266w3 meetings · sets 3–5
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#233 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
5wKiki Bertens and Polona Hercog have met 3 times since 2019; Polona Hercog leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Beijing in 2019 on hard. On clay courts Hercog leads 2–0. Hercog has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Bertens has taken 3 sets to Hercog's 5. Their most recent meeting: Polona Hercog won at French Open - Paris (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bertens | Hercog | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kiki Bertens | Polona Hercog | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 69% | 18/26 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 31% | 5/16 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 31% | 13/42 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 15/30 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 67% | 8/12 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 62% | 8/13 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 91% | 21/23 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bertens 0, Hercog 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bertens
💥 Big Hitter
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 31, 2021
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Sep 17, 2020
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 2nd Round
Oct 3, 2019
Beijing
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bertens | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.39 |
| ROI % | - | -54.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Marketa Vondrousova
Olympics - Tokyo · 1st Round
Jul 24
Marta Kostyuk
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Shelby Rogers
Eastbourne International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 22
Polona Hercog
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 31
Veronika Kudermetova
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 2nd Round
May 1
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid · 1st Round
Apr 29
Xin Yu Wang
BJK Cup Playoffs: NED vs CHN · Round Robin
Apr 17
Xi Yao Wang
Billie Jean King Cup, PO, NED-CHN 3-2 · Rubber 1
Apr 16
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 · 42–42 matches
| Metric | Bertens | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 62% |
| Sets won | - | 59% |
| Games won | - | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bertens | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bertens | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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