Kate Makarova vs Polona Hercog — Seoul Round of 32

Seoul · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Kate Makarova
38 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2012
hard
Polona Hercog
SLO
Polona Hercog
#228WTA
1590ELO
1524Hard ELO
35 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWWLWWL
Makarova K.
6-4 6-1
Hercog P.
Makarova K.
662
Hercog P.
41–

Kate Makarova defeated Polona Hercog 6-4 6-1 in the Seoul round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Kate Makarova came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's round of 32. Kate Makarova extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-08-10TorontoR32hardPolona Hercog6-2 6-7(2) 7-5
2014-09-29BeijingR32hardKate Makarova7-5 6-0
2014-08-25US OpenR64hardKate Makarova6-1 6-2
2013-08-26US OpenR128hardKate Makarova6-2 6-4
2012-10-01BeijingR32hardPolona Hercog7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Makarova K.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Hercog P.

Hercog P.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Makarova K.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Makarova K.Hercog P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.5
3.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.8
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Makarova K.Hercog P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
59
47
Break points saved·Slight edge
78
68
Break points won·Even
77
75
Deciding sets·Clear edge
60
44
Tiebreaks·Even
69
69

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Makarova K.Hercog P.
Freshness·
—
100

Hercog P.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.
Kanepi K.
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.
Makarova K.
6-15-76-4
Kanepi K.
Lepchenko V.
6-42-66-4
Quarter-finals
Kanepi K.
Bertens K.
6-46-4
Wozniacki C.
Koukalova K.
6-26-3
Makarova K.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-16-1
Lepchenko V.
Paszek T.
4-67-636-4
R16
Martinez Sanchez M.
Petrova N.
W/O
Koukalova K.
Rybarikova M.
6-17-66
Makarova K.
Hampton J.
6-37-5
Bertens K.
Soler Espinosa S.
1-67-636-2
Kanepi K.
Voskoboeva G.
6-26-2
Lepchenko V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-1
Paszek T.
Lee S.
6-26-0
Wozniacki C.
Garcia C.
6-26-3
R32
Petrova N.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-4
Makarova K.
Hercog P.
6-46-1
Lee S.
Kirilenko M.
1-1
Voskoboeva G.
Hong H.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Rus A.
6-16-2
Garcia C.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-26-3
Rybarikova M.
Date Krumm K.
6-46-3
Koukalova K.
Muguruza G.
6-44-67-61
Martinez Sanchez M.
Daniilidou E.
6-26-3
Hampton J.
Oprandi R.
5-76-36-2
Soler Espinosa S.
Goerges J.
1-67-656-2
Bertens K.
King V.
6-36-1
Kanepi K.
Han S.
6-16-0
Lepchenko V.
Giorgi C.
6-27-61
Medina Garrigues A.
Karatantcheva S.
6-46-4
Paszek T.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-686-3