Ajla Tomljanovic and Heather Watson will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.285
Heather Watson -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Heather Watson

This will be the 3^rd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Heather Watson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tomljanovic won 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in Adelaide back in January 2022.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs Heather Watson – Adelaide 03-January-2022

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Tomljanovic reached the qualifications after beating Ann Li 6-0 6-4.

In the qualifications, Ajla had a good straight sets win against Li (6-0 6-4). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 59 points vs Li’s 46. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomljanovic scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 66% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Li 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Tomljanovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (229-189). 3-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomljanovic has a composed 130-106 record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Heather Watson

Ranked no. 87, Watson reached the qualifications after beating Ekaterina Yashina 6-3 3-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Watson defeated Yashina (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match Watson scored 82 points vs Yashina’s 70. Heather was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Watson recorded 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 58% of her first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Yashina 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Watson has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomljanovic	Watson
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	25
Pts	59-46	82-70
Total Points	105	152
Winners	26	31
%Winners	44%	38%

Both Tomljanovic and Watson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Heather Watson dropped 1 set while Ajla Tomljanovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomljanovic has played 1 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tomljanovic played 9 games less than Watson. Tomljanovic scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Watson recorded 31 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomljanovic	Watson
Aces	1	7
Avg per match	1	7
1st in	39/59	44/76
%1st in	66%	58%
1st pts	26/39	31/44
%1st pts	67%	70%
2nd pts	9/20	18/32
%2nd pts	45%	56%

Tomljanovic recorded 1 ace . Watson also made 7 aces . Tomljanovic won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomljanovic	Watson
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/11
% Converted	83%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4	2
% Saved	80%	40%
Times Broken	1	3

The Australian broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Australian lost her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Watson broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Tomljanovic
	Q1 Li	Total
Score	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	59-46	59-46
Total points	105	105
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	39/59	39/59
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	26/39	26/39
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Watson
	Q1 Yashina	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	82-70	82-70
Total points	152	152
Winners	31	31
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	44/76	44/76
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	31/44	31/44
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	18/32	18/32
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Eri HozumiHozumi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Diane ParryParry – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anna DanilinaDanilina (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Kristina KucovaKucova (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Ellen PerezPerez (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse
  – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Claire LiuLiu – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 3-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Clara TausonTauson – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ann LiLi (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Giuliana OlmosOlmos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Sarah BehbehaniBehbehani (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (7-6⁴ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Madison BrengleBrengle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Oceane DodinDodin (3-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Edward CorrieCorrie (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-7 7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Tobias KamkeKamke – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-7² 6-2) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maddison InglisInglis – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Astra SharmaSharma – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Harriet DartDart (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diane ParryParry – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Magda LinetteLinette (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Heather WatsonWatson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alison RiskeRiske – Simona HalepHalep (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-2) – H2H and prediction