H2H, PREDICTION Heather Watson vs Katie Boulter | Nottingham odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Nottingham. Watson and Boulter will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Nottingham Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Katie Boulter

Heather Watson and Katie Boulter will face off in the 3rd round of the Nottingham Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.81
Heather Watson -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Katie Boulter

This will be the 2nd time that Heather Watson and Katie Boulter play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Watson won 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the quarter in the Vancouver back in 2018.

Heather Watson

Ranked no. 71, the Brit got to the 3rd round after beating Tara Moore 6-3 4-6 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Heather defeated Moore (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match, Watson scored 89 points vs Moore’s 82. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Watson blasted 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 53% of her first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (15/41) on the 2nd serve. Heather broke Moore 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Watson has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (251-215). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Watson has a compiled 32-33 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

Heather has an aggregate 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.

Watson
Nottingham
Watson's Record

Katie Boulter

Ranked no. 262, Boulter reached the 3rd round after defeating Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-2 6-3 and Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Bouzkova (6-4 6-3). During the match Boulter scored 73 points vs Bouzkova’s 59. Boulter was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Boulter scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Katie Boulter was quite effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Katie broke Bouzkova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Katie started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.

Boulter’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Charlottesville.

Boulter has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Boulter
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Boulter's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

H.Watson
K.Boulter
1h:58
1h:58
Time on court​
!
3h:09
3h:09
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
1h:41
1h:41
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
27
27
Games Played​
36
36
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
89
89
Total points​
143
143
89
89
Avg point​
71.5
71.5
35
35
Winners
55
55
35
35
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
3
3
8
8
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
35/46
35/46
1st won total​
55/73
55/73
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
15/41
15/41
2nd won total​
28/53
28/53
!
37%
37%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
8/20
8/20
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
4/10
4/10
!
67%
67%
Won
40%
40%
13
13
Conceded
14
14
13
13
Avg Conceded
7
7
4
4
Broken
1
1
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
9
9
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watson Boulter
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 27 36
Pts 89-82 143-112
Total Points 171 255
Winners 35 55
%Winners 39% 38%

Watson played 1 match while Boulter competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Heather Watson lost 1 set while Katie Boulter hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watson has played 1 set(s) less than Boulter (3 vs 4). Therefore, Watson played 9 games less than Boulter. Watson scored 35 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 55 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watson Boulter
Aces 8 3
Avg per match 8 1.5
1st in 46/87 73/126
%1st in 53% 58%
1st pts 35/46 55/73
%1st pts 76% 75%
2nd pts 15/41 28/53
%2nd pts 37% 53%

Watson fired 8 aces . Boulter made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Watson won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watson Boulter
Won 6 8
Converted 6/9 8/20
% Converted 67% 40%
Conceded 13 14
Saved 9 13
% Saved 69% 93%
Times Broken 4 1

Heather broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve once and she saved 93% of the break points that she conceded.

Watson
R2
Moore
Total
Score 6-3 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 89-82 89-82
Total points 171 171
Winners 35 35
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 46/87 46/87
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 35/46 35/46
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 15/41 15/41
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 9/13 9
Saved % 69% 69%
Times Broken 4 4
Boulter
R1
Camila Osorio Serrano
R2
Bouzkova
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 19 36
pts 70-53 73-59 143-112
Total points 123 132 255
Winners 27 28 55
%Winners 39% 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 3 4 7
1st in 36/62 37/64 73/126
% 1st in 58% 58% 58%
1st pts 27/36 28/37 55/73
% 1st pts 75% 76% 75%
2nd pts 14/26 14/27 28/53
% 2nd pts 54% 52% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/10 4/10 8/20
Converted % 40% 40% 40%
Conceded 7 7 14
Saved 7/7 6/7 13
Saved % 100% 86% 186%
Times Broken 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Watson
LLWWWWLWLW
Boulter
LWWLWWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
26 - 20
38 - 23
16-11
Hard
24-12
8-2
I Hard
3-2
1-4
Clay
3-6
1-3
Grass
8-3

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