Polona Hercog vs Ons Jabeur — Bucharest Quarter-final

Bucharest · WTA · Quarter-final
Polona Hercog
SLO8
Polona Hercog
#228WTA
1590ELO
1574Clay ELO
35 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 July 2018
clay
TUN
Ons Jabeur
31 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Hercog P.
6-3 6-1
Jabeur O.
Hercog P.
662
Jabeur O.
310

Polona Hercog defeated Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-1 in the Bucharest quarter-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Polona Hercog came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Hercog P.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Jabeur O.

Jabeur O.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Hercog P.

Serve advantage — Jabeur O.

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
Hercog P.Jabeur O.
1st serve in·Even
58%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
59%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.1
3.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.6
2.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Hercog P.Jabeur O.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
47
90
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
90
Break points won·Clear edge
75
96
Deciding sets·Dominant
44
95
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
69
90

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

Freshness

Recent load
Hercog P.Jabeur O.
Freshness·
100
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sevastova A.[1]
Martic P.[4]
7-646-2
Semi-finals
Sevastova A.[1]
Hercog P.[8]
6-10-0
Martic P.[4]
Buzarnescu M.[2]
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Buzarnescu M.[2]
Wang Y.
7-646-3
Hercog P.[8]
Jabeur O.
6-36-1
Martic P.[4]
Siegemund L.
7-54-66-4
Sevastova A.[1]
Cirstea S.[5]
3-66-36-2
R16
Wang Y.
Parmentier P.[7]
7-603-0
Sevastova A.[1]
Rus A.
6-17-5
Jabeur O.
Zvonareva V.
6-26-2
Buzarnescu M.[2]
Zidansek T.
6-37-5
Hercog P.[8]
Bara I.
7-56-2
Cirstea S.[5]
Zanevska M.
6-27-5
Martic P.[4]
Liu C.
6-26-756-4
Siegemund L.
Schmiedlova A.
6-43-66-2
R32
Sevastova A.[1]
Jakupovic D.
4-66-27-61
Hercog P.[8]
Ruse E.
2-66-26-3
Zanevska M.
Bonaventure Y.
7-656-1
Zidansek T.
Peterson R.
7-56-0
Jabeur O.
Begu I.[3]
6-26-1
Buzarnescu M.[2]
Kovinic D.
6-26-4
Parmentier P.[7]
Dulgheru A.
2-66-16-4
Siegemund L.
Paolini J.
6-46-0
Schmiedlova A.
Bogdan A.[6]
4-67-647-5
Bara I.
Tomova V.
6-47-5
Liu C.
Rosca A.
4-66-36-4
Wang Y.
Bulgaru M.
6-16-3
Cirstea S.[5]
Buyukakcay C.
6-36-3
Martic P.[4]
Sramkova R.
6-26-4
Rus A.
Duque Marino M.
6-26-4
Zvonareva V.
Alexandrova E.
6-16-2