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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
As 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.
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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LWLLWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Nao HibinoHibino (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kurumi NaraNara (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Harriet DartDart (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Oceane DodinDodin (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Christina MchaleMchale (6-77 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Lizette CabreraCabrera (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Leonie KungKung (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Heather WatsonWatson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
