H2H. Heather Watson vs Xiyu Wang | Acapulco prediction, odds, preview, pick

Acapulco. Watson and Wang will square off in semifinal of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Xiyu Wang

Heather Watson and Xiyu Wang will square off in the semifinal of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xiyu Wang who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Xiyu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xiyu Wang -> 1.80
Heather Watson -> 2.00

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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Xiyu Wang

There is no head to head record between Heather Watson and Xiyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Heather Watson

Ranked no. 69, heather reached the semifinal after beating Coco Vandeweghe 4-6 6-4 6-4, Kateryna Bondarenko 7-62 6-2 and Christina Mchale 6-3 1-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Heather defeated Mchale (6-3 1-6 6-1). During the match Watson scored 82 points vs Mchale’s 69. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Watson blasted 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 60% of her first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Mchale 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Watson has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Watson has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (667-581). 10-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Watson has a 199-187 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Heather’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Hobart.

Heather has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

The Brit didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.

Xiyu Wang

Ranked no. 127, the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Mayo Hibi 6-3 6-4, Anhelina Kalinina 7-60 7-5, Yafan Wang 6-4 7-68, Sara Errani 7-5 6-73 6-1 and Lin Zhu 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, Wang had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-2 6-2). During the match Wang scored 56 points vs Zhu’s 34. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Wang blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Xiyu Wang was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Zhu 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wang has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Wang has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of her matches (248-139). 10-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Wang has a 94-53 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

Xiyu has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

Wang didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watson Wang
Match played 3 5
Tot Set 8 11
Tot Games 74 115
Pts 267-232 406-334
Total Points 499 740
Winners 97 173
%Winners 36% 43%

Watson played 3 matches while Wang competed in 5 matches. Wang started her run from the qualifications while Watson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Heather Watson conceded 2 sets, while Xiyu Wang dropper 1 set. Watson has played 3 sets less than Wang (8 vs 11). Therefore, Watson played 41 games less than Wang. The Brit scored 97 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 173 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watson Wang
Aces 17 29
Avg per match 5.7 5.8
1st in 135/247 241/389
%1st in 55% 62%
1st pts 97/135 173/241
%1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 49/112 64/148
%2nd pts 44% 43%

Watson blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Wang blasted 29 aces (5.8 per match). Watson won 72% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watson Wang
Won 15 26
Converted 15/32 26/42
% Converted 47% 62%
Conceded 22 43
Saved 11 29
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 11 14

Heather broke her opponents 15 times with 47% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 26 times with 62% conversion rate. Xiyu conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Watson
R1
Vandeweghe
R2
Bondarenko
1/4
Mchale
Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-4 7-62 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 30 21 23 74
pts 104-98 81-65 82-69 267-232
Total points 202 146 151 499
Winners 38 25 34 97
%Winners 37% 31% 41% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 5 6 17
Double Faults 3 6 7 16
1st in 55/96 35/76 45/75 135/247
% 1st in 57% 46% 60% 55%
1st pts 38/55 25/35 34/45 97/135
% 1st pts 69% 71% 76% 72%
2nd pts 19/41 17/41 13/30 49/112
% 2nd pts 46% 41% 43% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 6 4 15
Converted 5/15 6/9 4/8 15/32
Converted % 33% 67% 50% 47%
Conceded 9 8 5 22
Saved 5/9 4/8 2/5 11
Saved % 56% 50% 40% 49%
Times Broken 4 4 3 267
Wang
Q1
Hibi
Q3
Kalinina
R1
Wang
R2
Errani
1/4
Zhu
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-60 7-5 6-4 7-68 7-5 6-73 6-1 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 2 11
Tot Games 19 25 23 32 16 115
pts 65-46 97-81 75-71 113-102 56-34 406-334
Total points 111 178 146 215 90 740
Winners 24 39 32 52 26 173
%Winners 37% 40% 43% 46% 46% 43%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 0 13 4 29
Double Faults 5 8 5 13 5 36
1st in 38/64 46/84 52/79 74/116 31/46 241/389
% 1st in 59% 55% 66% 64% 67% 62%
1st pts 24/38 39/46 32/52 52/74 26/31 173/241
% 1st pts 63% 85% 62% 70% 84% 72%
2nd pts 15/26 17/38 11/27 12/42 9/15 64/148
% 2nd pts 58% 45% 41% 29% 60% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 3 5 9 4 26
Converted 5/5 3/6 5/8 9/13 4/10 26/42
Converted % 100% 50% 63% 69% 40% 62%
Conceded 4 10 12 14 3 43
Saved 1/4 8/10 8/12 9/14 3/3 29
Saved % 25% 80% 67% 64% 100% 112%
Times Broken 3 2 4 5 0 180

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Watson
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Wang
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2024 2023 2022
9 - 13
18 - 17
3-6
Hard
12-10
4-1
I Hard
0-0
1-4
Clay
6-6
1-2
Grass
0-1

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