Monica Puig vs Polona Hercog — Wuhan Qualifying Round 2

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
PUR
Monica Puig
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2018
hard
Polona Hercog
SLO
Polona Hercog
#228WTA
1590ELO
1524Hard ELO
35 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWWLWWL
Puig M.
6-4 6-4
Hercog P.
Puig M.
662
Hercog P.
44–

Monica Puig defeated Polona Hercog 6-4 6-4 in the Wuhan qualifying round 2 on hard. Monica Puig extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Puig edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-08OlympicsR64hardMonica Puig6-3 6-2
2013-09-30BeijingR64hardPolona Hercog6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Puig M.serving59% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Hercog P.

Hercog P.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Puig M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Puig M.Hercog P.
1st serve in·Even
62%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
3.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (95 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Puig M.Hercog P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
36
47
Break points saved·Slight edge
63
68
Break points won·Clear edge
62
75
Deciding sets·Slight edge
55
44
Tiebreaks·Dominant
30
69

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

Freshness

Recent load
Puig M.Hercog P.
Freshness·
—
100

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Kenin S.
Niculescu M.
7-654-66-2
Wang X.
King V.
6-10-0
Golubic V.
Gibbs N.
6-46-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Zaja A.
6-36-4
Peterson R.
Duan Y.
4-66-36-3
Puig M.
Hercog P.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Vondrousova M.
6-16-1
Wang Y.
Cabrera L.
7-627-63
Q1
Zaja A.
Xun F.
6-36-2
Cabrera L.
Makarova K.
6-14-66-3
Wang Y.
Anisimova A.
6-43-66-2
Siniakova K.
Teichmann J.
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Dolehide C.
3-66-16-1
Puig M.
Liu C.
6-37-65
Hercog P.
Mchale C.
7-626-1
Gibbs N.
Cirstea S.
6-47-5
Golubic V.
Lisicki S.
6-36-746-1
Peterson R.
Han X.
6-36-1
Duan Y.
Bogdan A.
2-66-36-2
Wang X.
Hruncakova V.
7-656-2
King V.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Linette M.
4-66-26-3
Kenin S.
Yang Z.
6-16-2
Niculescu M.
Liu F.
6-26-3