Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Polona Hercog #37 def. Flavia Pennetta #21

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 16, 2011*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Polona Hercog
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Polona Hercog	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	74	59
First serve points won %	57	35
Second serve points won %	69	25
Break points saved %	50	14
Break points converted %	86	50
Service points won %	60	31
Return points won %	69	40
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Polona Hercog	Flavia Pennetta
Country	SLO	ITA
Birth date	Jan 20, 1991	Feb 25, 1982
Age	20	29
Height	185	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,305	2,210
Elo (entering)	1,729	1,793
Career W-L	170–212	418–272
Career earnings	$4,547,434	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Polona Hercog 0 – 1 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Polona Hercog's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2011	QF	Klara Koukalova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2011	R16	Alberta Brianti	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2011	R32	Karin Knapp	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Polona Hercog's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2011	F	Anabel Medina Garrigues	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 2011	QF	Tsvetana Pironkova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 2011	R16	Mathilde Johansson	4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2011	R32	Anastasia Grymalska	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data