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Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (Slovene pronunciation: [pɔˈlóːna ˈxèːɾtsɔk], born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning 19 singles and five doubles titles.
Partnering with Jessica Moore, she won the French Open and Wimbledon junior titles in the doubles competition in 2008.
Hercog was born in Maribor, Slovenia, to florist Romana and bar owner Vojko. As a four-year-old she began playing in the local tennis clinic opened by Mima Jaušovec, and at age 14 moved to Italy to train professionally. Hercog is fluent in Slovenian, English, and Italian, and cites Justine Henin as her role model. She currently resides in Doha, Qatar and practises in Budapest.
In September 2007, Hercog received a wildcard and made her WTA Tour debut at the Slovenia Open, losing to Elena Vesnina in three sets.
Hercog reached the singles quarterfinals at both the junior French Open and Wimbledon. In doubles, she and Australian Jessica Moore won two Grand Slam titles together, the French Open and Wimbledon; the latter was the final tournament of her junior career. On 7 July, Hercog achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8.
In early 2008, she also won two ITF titles ($10k) and reached the final of a $25k event. Hercog then participated in the İstanbul Cup, coming through qualifying to reach the main draw, where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Tsvetana Pironkova. At the same tournament, she reached the final of the doubles competition partnering with New Zealand's Marina Erakovic. Ranked No. 215, she made her Grand Slam debut in the qualifying competition of the US Open, losing to Sandra Záhlavová in the first round.
In April 2009, Hercog entered the Morocco Open in Fez via qualifying, defeating seventh seed Roberta Vinci to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Alisa Kleybanova. At that year's French Open, she qualified for the main draw and upset 23rd seed Kleybanova before losing to Aravane Rezaï in the second round. On 5 July, she debuted in the top 100 of the rankings for the first time at No. 89. At the US Open, Hercog was beaten by American wildcard Christina McHale in the first round. She also played the Luxembourg Open, defeating Maria Elena Camerin in the opening round. She then lost to Sabine Lisicki in two sets. Hercog reached the second round of the 2009 Allianz Cup in Sofia, losing to Bojana Jovanovski.
Hercog began her season at the Auckland Open where she lost to Shahar Pe'er in the first round.
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Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (Slovene pronunciation: [pɔˈlóːna ˈxèːɾtsɔk], born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning 19 singles and five doubles titles.
Partnering with Jessica Moore, she won the French Open and Wimbledon junior titles in the doubles competition in 2008.
Hercog was born in Maribor, Slovenia, to florist Romana and bar owner Vojko. As a four-year-old she began playing in the local tennis clinic opened by Mima Jaušovec, and at age 14 moved to Italy to train professionally. Hercog is fluent in Slovenian, English, and Italian, and cites Justine Henin as her role model. She currently resides in Doha, Qatar and practises in Budapest.
In September 2007, Hercog received a wildcard and made her WTA Tour debut at the Slovenia Open, losing to Elena Vesnina in three sets.
Hercog reached the singles quarterfinals at both the junior French Open and Wimbledon. In doubles, she and Australian Jessica Moore won two Grand Slam titles together, the French Open and Wimbledon; the latter was the final tournament of her junior career. On 7 July, Hercog achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 8.
In early 2008, she also won two ITF titles ($10k) and reached the final of a $25k event. Hercog then participated in the İstanbul Cup, coming through qualifying to reach the main draw, where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Tsvetana Pironkova. At the same tournament, she reached the final of the doubles competition partnering with New Zealand's Marina Erakovic. Ranked No. 215, she made her Grand Slam debut in the qualifying competition of the US Open, losing to Sandra Záhlavová in the first round.
In April 2009, Hercog entered the Morocco Open in Fez via qualifying, defeating seventh seed Roberta Vinci to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Alisa Kleybanova. At that year's French Open, she qualified for the main draw and upset 23rd seed Kleybanova before losing to Aravane Rezaï in the second round. On 5 July, she debuted in the top 100 of the rankings for the first time at No. 89. At the US Open, Hercog was beaten by American wildcard Christina McHale in the first round. She also played the Luxembourg Open, defeating Maria Elena Camerin in the opening round. She then lost to Sabine Lisicki in two sets. Hercog reached the second round of the 2009 Allianz Cup in Sofia, losing to Bojana Jovanovski.
Hercog began her season at the Auckland Open where she lost to Shahar Pe'er in the first round.
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