Elena Rybakina and Heather Watson will fight against each other in the semifinal of Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction and head to head
There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.50
Heather Watson -> 2.62
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Elena Rybakina
Ranked no. 30 (career high), the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-1 6-4 and Alize Cornet 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Elena had a good straight sets win against Cornet (7-5 6-3). During the match Rybakina scored 81 points vs Cornet’s 65. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 66% of her first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Cornet 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a losing win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 34% of her matches (117-59). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a 69-35 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Shenzhen.
Rybakina has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hobart
Elena didn’t play in Hobart in 2019.
Heather Watson
Ranked no. 101, the Brit reached the semifinal after defeating Hayley Carter 6-0 6-2, Nina Stojanovic 6-4 6-3, Jil Teichmann 1-6 6-4 6-4, Fiona Ferro 7-65 6-3 and Elise Mertens 6-75 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter against Mertens, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 7-5). During the match Watson scored 130 points vs Mertens’s 124. Watson was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 60% of her first serves in, winning 59% (42/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Mertens 8 times after converting 42% of his break points (8/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Watson has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (627-561). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Watson has a 194-184 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Brit has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hobart
The Brit lost in the 1st round 6-1 6-4 to Irina-Camelia Begu.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakina | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 117 |
| Pts | 142-107 | 405-367 |
| Total Points | 249 | 772 |
| Winners | 60 | 143 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Rybakina played 2 matches while Watson competed in 5 matches. Watson started her run from the qualifications while Rybakina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Heather Watson dropped 2 sets while Elena Rybakina hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rybakina has played 8 sets less than Watson (4 vs 12). Therefore, Rybakina played 79 games less than Watson. Rybakina scored 60 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, Watson blasted 143 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakina | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| 1st in | 76/113 | 224/380 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 60/76 | 143/224 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 75/156 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 48% |
Rybakina blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Watson blasted 12 aces (2.4 per match). Rybakina won 79% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 64% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakina | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 27 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 27/53 |
| % Converted | 47% | 51% |
| Conceded | 8 | 44 |
| Saved | 6 | 26 |
| % Saved | 75% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 18 |
The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 8 times with 47% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Heather broke her opponents 27 times with 51% conversion rate. Watson conceded her serve 18 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
Draw
| Rybakina | ||||
| R1 Zidansek |
R2 Cornet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 81-65 | 142-107 | |
| Total points | 103 | 146 | 249 | |
| Winners | 28 | 32 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 41/62 | 76/113 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 32/41 | 60/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 10/21 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/11 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 36% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 20% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Watson | |||||||
| Q1 Carter |
Q3 Stojanovic |
R1 Belen Teichmann |
R2 Ferro |
1/4 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-75 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 117 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 68-63 | 73-77 | 77-68 | 130-124 | 405-367 | |
| Total points | 92 | 131 | 150 | 145 | 254 | 772 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 40% | 32% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 37/73 | 49/79 | 40/71 | 71/118 | 224/380 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 51% | 62% | 56% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 27/37 | 29/49 | 25/40 | 42/71 | 143/224 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 59% | 63% | 59% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 16/36 | 16/30 | 16/31 | 22/47 | 75/156 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 44% | 53% | 52% | 47% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 5/11 | 8/19 | 27/53 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 80% | 45% | 42% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 44 | |
| Saved | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 20% | 50% | 100% | 35% | 119% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (w/o) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elise MertensMertens (6-75 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elise MertensMertens (6-7(5) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Lizette CabreraCabrera (6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (w/o) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details
