Amelia Rajecki and Heather Watson will face off in the qualifications of the Rothesay Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.135
Amelia Rajecki -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Amelia Rajecki vs. Heather Watson
There is no head to head record between Amelia Rajecki and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Amelia Rajecki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-15 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Asia Muhammad 6-72 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Muhammad, Amelia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-2). During the match, Rajecki scored 102 points vs Muhammad’s 92. Rajecki was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rajecki recorded 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Amelia Rajecki lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Rajecki put 64% of her first serves in, winning 62% (42/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the 2nd serve. Amelia broke Muhammad 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Rajecki has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 67% of her matches (10-5). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rajecki has a compiled2-2 match record in the last 4 years on grass.
The Brit has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Amelia has never competed in this tournament before.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, heather reached the qualifications after defeating Sophie Chang 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Heather had a good straight sets win against Chang (6-3 6-3). During the match Watson scored 60 points vs Chang’s 47. Heather was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Watson bagged 5 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Heather Watson was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watson broke Chang 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Heather’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W25 Glasgow and the W40+H Calvi.
The Brit has an aggregate 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rajecki | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 |
| Pts | 102-92 | 60-47 |
| Total Points | 194 | 107 |
| Winners | 42 | 25 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Rajecki and Watson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Amelia Rajecki surrendered 1 set while Heather Watson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rajecki has played 1 set more than Watson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rajecki played 13 games more than Watson. Rajecki scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit blasted 25 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rajecki | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 30/49 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 25/30 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 24/38 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Rajecki bagged 8 aces . Watson managed to score 5 aces . Rajecki won 62% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 83% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rajecki | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Amelia dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Rajecki | |||
| Q1 Muhammad |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 102-92 | 102-92 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 68/106 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Watson | |||
| Q1 Chang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 60-47 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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