Sofia Kenin and Heather Watson will face off in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.3
Heather Watson -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Heather Watson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Watson won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2018.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-22 | 4-13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-6 | 6-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47, Kenin will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 7-6(2) 6-2 to Swiatek in the 1st round on the 16th of January.
The American has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 258-168 record. She has a positive 157-98 record on hard.
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 16-10 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 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. 139, the Brit will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sun in the qualifications on the 10th of January.
Heather has an overall 0-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The Brit has an overall 406-334 record. She has a positive 213-180 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Karue SellSell – Ryan ShaneShane (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Vasil KirkovKirkov (6-73 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Gary KushnirovichKushnirovich (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sam RifficeRiffice – Alexios HalebianHalebian (6-3 6-73 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Evan SongSong (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jared HiltzikHiltzik – Ruan RoelofseRoelofse (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yshai OlielOliel (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Carlos Eduardo SeverinoEduardo Severino (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tom JombyJomby (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeff WolfWolf – Pietro RimondiniRimondini (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Baptiste CrepatteCrepatte – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Keegan SmithSmith – Luke SavilleSaville (7-69 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gerard GranollersGranollers – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco FerrariFerrari – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ludovico CestarolloCestarollo (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Mai HontamaHontama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raluca Georgiana SerbanGeorgiana Serban – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Despina PapamichailPapamichail – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Heather WatsonWatson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
