Timea Babos vs Polona Hercog — Rabat Round of 32

Rabat · WTA · Round of 32
HUN5
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 April 2016
clay
Polona Hercog
SLO
Polona Hercog
#228WTA
1590ELO
1574Clay ELO
35 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWWLWWL
Babos T.
6-3 6-7 6-1
Hercog P.
Babos T.
66862
Hercog P.
371011

Timea Babos defeated Polona Hercog 6-3 6-7 6-1 in the Rabat round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Polona Hercog came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Timea Babos claimed a first win over Polona Hercog in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Timea Babos came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–3 6–7 6–1.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-02-29MonterreyR32hardPolona Hercog6-3 6-2
2015-07-20Bad GasteinR32clayPolona Hercog6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Babos T.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Hercog P.

Hercog P.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Serve advantage — Hercog P.

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
Babos T.Hercog P.
1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
41%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.2
3.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.0
3.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Babos T.Hercog P.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
0
50
Break points saved·Clear edge
51
68
Break points won·Dominant
48
75
Deciding sets·Dominant
6
51
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
69

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

Freshness

Recent load
Babos T.Hercog P.
Freshness·
—
80

Hercog P.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 26 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 57%

Draw

Final
Bacsinszky T.[1]
Erakovic M.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Bacsinszky T.[1]
Babos T.[5]
6-47-5
Erakovic M.
Bertens K.
2-67-677-5
Quarter-finals
Erakovic M.
Krunic A.
6-46-4
Bertens K.
Putintseva Y.[8]
6-36-746-3
Babos T.[5]
Parmentier P.
6-36-3
Bacsinszky T.[1]
Larsson J.
6-46-1
R16
Erakovic M.
Tsurenko L.[7]
6-40-0
Larsson J.
Pereira T.
6-46-4
Bacsinszky T.[1]
Baindl K.
6-32-66-3
Krunic A.
Makarova K.[2]
6-26-2
Bertens K.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-46-3
Babos T.[5]
Robson L.
6-16-2
Putintseva Y.[8]
Maria T.
6-06-2
Parmentier P.
Hogenkamp R.
4-67-56-2
R32
Makarova K.[2]
Dulgheru A.
6-46-2
Krunic A.
Sevastova A.
6-36-2
Hogenkamp R.
Begu I.[4]
6-36-4
Larsson J.
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Tsurenko L.[7]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-46-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Jabeur O.
6-06-2
Maria T.
Rodionova A.
6-16-4
Putintseva Y.[8]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-37-61
Pereira T.
Beck A.[6]
6-36-1
Robson L.
Benhadi G.
6-16-1
Erakovic M.
Mitu C.
6-26-3
Bertens K.
Schmiedlova A.[3]
6-06-1
Babos T.[5]
Hercog P.
6-36-786-1
Parmentier P.
Flipkens K.
7-57-5
Baindl K.
Kanepi K.
7-56-1
Bacsinszky T.[1]
Blinkova A.
6-46-2