Polona Hercog vs Tereza SmitkovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#224 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇿Tereza Smitkova
Unranked · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
274wPolona Hercog and Tereza Smitkova have met 1 time since 2015; Polona Hercog leads 1–0. Across all meetings Hercog has taken 2 sets to Smitkova's 0. Their most recent meeting: Polona Hercog won at Bucharest (2015).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Hercog | Smitkova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Polona Hercog | Tereza Smitkova | ||
| 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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Hercog 1, Smitkova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Smitkova
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 15, 2015
Bucharest
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Hercog | Smitkova |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hercog | Smitkova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 5 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | 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
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
Katerina Siniakova
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Maddison Inglis
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Jul 12
Alison Van Uytvanck
Lugano · Round of 32
Apr 10
Pauline Parmentier
Budapest · Round of 16
Feb 21
Ysaline Bonaventure
Budapest · Round of 32
Feb 20
Viktoriya Tomova
Wimbledon · Round of 128
Jul 3
Petra Kvitova
Prague · Round of 32
May 2
Louisa Chirico
Gstaad · Round of 32
Jul 19
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–56 matches
| Metric | Hercog | Smitkova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | - |
| Sets won | 58% | - |
| Games won | 54% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Hercog | Smitkova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Hercog | Smitkova |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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