Heather Watson and Na-Lae Han will face off in the 2nd round of the Thailand Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 3 sets.
Heather Watson -> 1.62
Na-Lae Han -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Na-Lae Han
There is no head to head record between Heather Watson and Na-Lae Han since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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, heather got to the 2nd round after beating Yulia Putintseva 5-7 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round against Putintseva, Heather recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-65).During the match, Watson scored less points (1) than Putintseva. In fact, the world no. 160 won 112 points vs Putintseva’s. That means that Watson was more focused during the important points. Watson was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watson bagged 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 7 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 52% of her first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (18/50) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Putintseva 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Watson has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (233-204). 3-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Watson has an overall 134-119 match record in the last years on hard.
Watson has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Watson has never competed in this tournament before.
Na-Lae Han
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 20-15 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-18 | 39-13 | 6-3 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-30 | 14-14 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Na-Lae got to the 2nd round after beating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Korean defeated Gabriela Ruse (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match Han scored less points (12) than Gabriela Ruse. In fact, the world no. 160 won 88 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s. That means that Han was more focused during the important points. The Korean was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Han couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Na-Lae Han lost the serve 5 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Han put 65% of her first serves in, winning 58% (41/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Han broke Gabriela Ruse 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Han has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watson | Han |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 27 |
| Pts | 112-113 | 88-100 |
| Total Points | 225 | 188 |
| Winners | 36 | 41 |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% |
Both Watson and Han played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Heather Watson lost 1 set, while Na-Lae Han dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Watson and Han have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Watson played 8 games more than Han. The Brit scored 36 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Han made 41 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watson | Han |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 54/104 | 71/109 |
| %1st in | 52% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 36/54 | 41/71 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 18/50 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 47% |
Watson managed to score 4 aces . Han didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watson won 67% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Han won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watson | Han |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 13% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Watson broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Heather dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 13% of the break points that she conceded. Han broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Han conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Watson | |||
| R1 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 112-113 | 112-113 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/104 | 54/104 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/50 | 18/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/8 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 13% | 13% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Han | |||
| R1 Gabriela Ruse | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-100 | 88-100 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 71/109 | 71/109 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/71 | 41/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Hua Hin
- Lin ZhuZhu – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Xinyu WangWang – Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Winston LinLin (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin SigouinSigouin – Makoto OchiOchi (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Daniel NguyenNguyen (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob DunbarDunbar – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Na-Lae HanHan – Heather WatsonWatson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Lin ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction