Heather Watson and Katerina Siniakova will face off in the quarter of Dubai (W100+H) for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.85
Katerina Siniakova -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Katerina Siniakova
There is no head to head record between Heather Watson and Katerina Siniakova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Heather Watson
Ranked no. 59, the Brit reached the quarter after defeating Aleksandra Krunic 6-0 7-63 and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Heather had a good straight sets win against Flipkens (6-4 6-2). During the match Watson scored 64 points vs Flipkens’s 46. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watson recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Heather Watson was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Watson broke Flipkens 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watson hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Watson has a a positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (289-234). 14-7 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watson has a 159-132 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Acapulco where she defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez in the final 6-4 6-7(8) 6-1.
The Brit has a 15-10 win-loss record in 2020, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
The Brit didn’t play in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Katerina Siniakova
Ranked no. 64, Siniakova got to the quarter after defeating Ankita Raina 1-6 6-2 6-2 and Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Siniakova had a good straight sets win against Anna Schmiedlova (6-2 6-2). During the match Siniakova scored 59 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s 39. Katerina was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Siniakova managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Katerina Siniakova was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 74% (23/31) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Katerina broke Anna Schmiedlova 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Czech has a 14-14 win-loss record in 2020, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watson | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 39 |
| Pts | 132-92 | 139-111 |
| Total Points | 224 | 250 |
| Winners | 50 | 47 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Watson and Siniakova played 2 matches. At the moment, Katerina Siniakova conceded 1 set while Heather Watson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Watson has played 1 set(s) less than Siniakova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Watson played 2 games less than Siniakova. Watson scored 50 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Katerina bagged 47 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watson | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 71/114 | 76/120 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 50/71 | 47/76 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 28/44 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 64% |
Watson made 6 aces (3 per match). Siniakova scored 4 aces (2 per match). Watson won 70% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Siniakova won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watson | Siniakova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/13 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 77% | 59% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Watson broke her opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Katerina broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Watson | ||||
| R1 Krunic |
R2 Flipkens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-63 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 64-46 | 132-92 | |
| Total points | 114 | 110 | 224 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 34/50 | 71/114 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 24/34 | 50/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 9/16 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/7 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 71% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Siniakova | ||||
| R1 Raina |
R2 Anna Schmiedlova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 80-72 | 59-39 | 139-111 | |
| Total points | 152 | 98 | 250 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 31/46 | 76/120 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/45 | 23/31 | 47/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 74% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/15 | 28/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 73% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/7 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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