WTA Finals · Round of 16 · Cleveland
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Begu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Hercog
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 53% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 370 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Irina Camelia Begu here.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.74 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
3
Begu
0
Hercog
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Begu | Hercog |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 74.5% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 44.7% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 23.1% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 45.5% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 36.6% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 66.7% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 38.5% | 0% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Irina Camelia Begu and Polona Hercog face off in the Round of 16 at Cleveland on Hard.
Irina Camelia Begu leads 3-0 over 3 previous meetings.
Irina Camelia Begu is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Laura Siegemund (Apr 21).
Polona Hercog is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Emma Raducanu (Oct 25).
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