Yulia Putintseva and Heather Watson will face off in the 1st round of the Thailand Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Center 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 Yulia Putintseva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yulia Putintseva is the pick to win this match.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.42
Heather Watson -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 4th time that Yulia Putintseva and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Putintseva won 7-5 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2018.
Yulia Putintseva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 17-17 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-22 | 22-15 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-27 | 19-17 | 13-8 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-21 | 9-11 | 15-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-24 | 14-12 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Putintseva will start her run in Hua Hin after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-0 7-5 to Pliskova in the 2nd round on the 19th of January.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Putintseva has an overall 381-289 record. She has a positive 178-158 record on hard.
Previously in Hua Hin
Putintseva has never competed in this tournament before.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-18 | 9-10 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 18-13 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 14-13 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-21 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Brit will start her run in Hua Hin after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Bolsova in the qualifications on the 9th of January.
The Brit has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Watson has an overall 376-309 record. She has a positive 197-167 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Xinyu WangWang – Joanne ZugerZuger (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Astra SharmaSharma (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lin ZhuZhu – Xiyu WangWang (4-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Junior A. OreA. Ore – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (1-6 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Harrison ScottScott (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin SigouinSigouin – Aron HiltzikHiltzik (6-1 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel NguyenNguyen – Jonathan ChangChang (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Connor FarrenFarren – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ante PavicPavic – Yshai OlielOliel (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Makoto OchiOchi – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Deiton BaughmanBaughman (7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Jorge MonteroMontero (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Harriet DartDart (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valeria SavinykhSavinykh – Nao HibinoHibino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- En Shuo LiangShuo Liang – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Ekaterina Makarova (1996)Makarova (1996) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Na-Lae HanHan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Lin ZhuZhu (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
