Match analytics

Julia Riera vs Polona Hercog · Match odds & ELO prediction

Florianopolis • Clay • Oct 21, 2025 • 8:10 PM

Clay

Final score

2 - 1

Winner Julia Riera

Key insights

Player performance profile

Julia Riera

HARD

44% · 45 on hard

CLAY

51% · 1918 on clay

GRASSSmall sample

50% · 11 on grass

Games won (last 10)

56%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~2,393 points across 22 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
1.771% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Shaky
-1.043% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Vulnerable
-8.85% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Insufficient data

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Polona Hercog

HARDSmall sample

67% · 21 on hard

Games won (last 10)

62%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~84 points across 1 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-1.915% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-2.716% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Shaky
-1.929% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Insufficient data

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Match Overview

Julia Riera and Polona Hercog are set to meet at the Florianopolis on October 21, 2025 in a clay-court singles match. Riera enters with a 19–18 record on clay courts in 2025, while Hercog has posted a 8–5 mark on clay courts this season. Based on Elo ratings, this projects as a tight matchup with neither player holding more than a slight statistical edge. In their head-to-head history, Riera leads 2–0 over Hercog, including a win in their most recent meeting.

Recent singles form slightly favors Hercog, who has won 4 of his last five matches, while Riera has gone 2–3 over the same span.