Polona Hercog vs Timea BabosPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇸🇮Polona Hercog
#233 · 35 yrs · Right-Handed
5w4 meetings · sets 7–2
🇭🇺Timea Babos
Unranked · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
111wPolona Hercog and Timea Babos have met 4 times since 2015; Polona Hercog leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Bad Gastein in 2015 on clay. On clay courts Hercog leads 2–1. Across all meetings Hercog has taken 7 sets to Babos's 2. Their most recent meeting: Polona Hercog won at Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Hercog | Babos | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Polona Hercog | Timea Babos | ||
| 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Hercog 3, Babos 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hercog
👑 The Complete Package
Babos
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Polona Hercog and Timea Babos are 👑 The Complete Package types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 3,166 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Mar 28, 2024
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya
C Clay · 2nd Round
Apr 27, 2016
Rabat
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 2, 2016
Monterrey
H Hard · Round of 32
Jul 22, 2015
Bad Gastein
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 | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Ekaterina Makarova
Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest · 1st Round
Jul 16
Marina Bassols Ribera
Open Internacional Femeni Solgirones - La Bisbal D'Emporda · 1st Round
Apr 2
Polona Hercog
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya · 2nd Round
Mar 28
Ipek Oz
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya · 1st Round
Mar 27
Linda Noskova
Brisbane International - Brisbane · 1st Round
Jan 2
Heather Watson
Credit Andorra Open - Andorra · 1st Round
Nov 28
Daria Kasatkina
Zhengzhou Open - Zhengzhou · 1st Round
Oct 10
Varvara Lepchenko
Barranquilla Open - Barranquilla · 1st Round
Aug 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 42–42 matches
| Metric | Hercog | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | - |
| Sets won | 59% | - |
| Games won | 54% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Hercog | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Hercog | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 2 | 1 |
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