R16 Rio de Janeiro 2016

Sorana Cirstea #199 def. Polona Hercog #83

7-5 7-6(3)

Sorana Cirstea defeated Polona Hercog 7-5 7-6(3) in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro second round on clay courts on February 17, 2016.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSorana CirsteaPolona Hercog
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
02
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
69
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.5%52.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
60.9%52.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
53.3%52.4%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
55.6%54.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.9%52.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
45.5%44.4%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
47.7%42.1%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.4%47.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.6-4.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+4.0-1.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2016 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSorana CirsteaPolona Hercog
Country ROU SLO
Birth dateApr 7, 1990Jan 20, 1991
Age2525
Height176 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)19983
Ranking points (entering)255775
Elo (entering)1,5521,602
Current career W-L375–352170–214
Current career earnings$13,133,841$4,586,736
Pre-match H2H
Sorana Cirstea #199 1 – 0 Polona Hercog #83

Path

Sorana Cirstea's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Beatriz Haddad Maia #2286-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 15, 2016R32

Sorana Cirstea's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Danka Kovinic #506-1 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 19, 2016QF

Polona Hercog's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jennifer Brady #2196-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 15, 2016R32