R16 Zhengzhou 2019

Karolina Pliskova #2 def. Polona Hercog #53

6-3 7-5

Karolina Pliskova defeated Polona Hercog 6-3 7-5 in the 2019 Zhengzhou second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKarolina PliskovaPolona Hercog
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
12
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
63
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
56.1%50.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
67.6%50.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
44.8%54.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%28.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.6%52.1%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
71.4%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
47.9%42.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.6%47.4%
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.
+0.8-4.7
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.
+4.7-0.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2019 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKarolina PliskovaPolona Hercog
Country CZE SLO
Birth dateMar 21, 1992Jan 20, 1991
Age2728
Height186 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)253
Ranking points (entering)6,1251,029
Elo (entering)1,9881,706
Current career W-L430–248170–214
Current career earnings$26,988,922$4,550,360
Pre-match H2H

Path

Karolina Pliskova's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Karolina Pliskova's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sofia Kenin #206-4 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 14, 2019QF

Polona Hercog's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Meiling Wang #6506-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 12, 2019R32