Kiki Bertens vs Polona HercogPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇱Kiki Bertens
Unranked · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
272w3 meetings · sets 3–5
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#224 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
Kiki 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 | — | 68% | 23/34 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 36% | 8/22 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 34% | 19/56 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 49% | 19/39 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 69% | 11/16 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 56% | 9/16 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 90% | 28/31 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. 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%, 4,271 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 | - | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.38 |
| ROI % | - | -47.9% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bertens | 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.
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
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 · 56–56 matches
| Metric | Bertens | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 61% |
| Sets won | - | 58% |
| 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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