Vitalia Diatchenko and Heather Watson will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.35
Vitalia Diatchenko -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Vitalia Diatchenko vs. Heather Watson
There is no head to head record between Vitalia Diatchenko and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vitalia Diatchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-13 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-3 | 4-1 |
| 2023 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 19-12 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-2 | 4-1 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 6-5 | 1-4 | 10-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, Vitalia got to the qualifications after defeating Suzan Lamens 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Lamens (6-1 7-5). During the match, Diatchenko scored 86 points vs Lamens’s 73. Vitalia was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diatchenko made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Vitalia Diatchenko lost the serve twice and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Diatchenko put 71% of her first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Lamens 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Diatchenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (239-130). 12-10 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diatchenko has a compiled 85-57 record in the last years on hard.
Vitalia has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2022, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-20 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 18-13 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 14-13 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-21 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, heather reached the qualifications after defeating Marina Melnikova 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Melnikova (6-1 6-0). During the match Watson scored 52 points vs Melnikova’s 26. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Watson fired 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Heather Watson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Melnikova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Heather has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2022, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diatchenko | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 13 |
| Pts | 86-73 | 52-26 |
| Total Points | 159 | 78 |
| Winners | 39 | 20 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Diatchenko and Watson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Diatchenko and Watson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Diatchenko played 6 games more than Watson. Diatchenko scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 20 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diatchenko | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 60/85 | 23/38 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 20/23 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 53% |
Diatchenko recorded 3 aces . Watson made 5 aces . Diatchenko won 65% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 87% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diatchenko | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 63% |
| Conceded | 14 | 0 |
| Saved | 12 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Diatchenko broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Watson was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Diatchenko | |||
| Q1 Lamens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 86-73 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 60/85 | 60/85 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Watson | |||
| Q1 Melnikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-26 | 52-26 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 20/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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