Heather Watson and Kirsten Flipkens will play each other in the 2nd round of Dubai (W100+H) for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.79
Kirsten Flipkens -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Kirsten Flipkens
This will be the 5th time that Heather Watson and Kirsten Flipkens play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Flipkens (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Watson won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the final in Monterrey back in 2016.
Heather Watson
Ranked no. 59, Watson reached the final after defeating Aleksandra Krunic 6-0 7-63.
In the 1st round, Watson had a good straight sets win against Krunic (6-0 7-63). During the match Watson scored 68 points vs Krunic’s 46. Watson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watson scored 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 58% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Krunic 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Watson has a a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (288-234). 13-7 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Watson has a 158-132 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Acapulco where she overcame Leylah Annie Fernandez in the final 6-4 6-7(8) 6-1.
The Brit has a 14-10 win-loss record in 2020, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
The Brit didn’t compete in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Kirsten Flipkens
Ranked no. 85, Kirsten reached the final after beating Amina Anshba 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kirsten had a good straight sets win against Anshba (6-2 6-2). During the match Flipkens scored 62 points vs Anshba’s 41. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Flipkens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kirsten Flipkens lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Flipkens put 60% of her first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Anshba 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Kirsten has a 9-9 win-loss record in 2020, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watson | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 68-46 | 62-41 |
| Total Points | 114 | 103 |
| Winners | 26 | 20 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Watson and Flipkens played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watson and Flipkens have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Watson played 3 games more than Flipkens. Watson scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian recorded 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watson | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 20/34 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Watson fired 2 aces . Flipkens managed to score 1 ace . Watson won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Flipkens won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watson | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Brit broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Brit dropped her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Flipkens broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kirsten conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Watson | |||
| R1 Krunic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 68-46 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Flipkens | |||
| R1 Anshba |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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