Tatjana Maria and Heather Watson will square off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. 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.
As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.9
Tatjana Maria -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Tatjana Maria vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 4th time that Tatjana Maria and Heather Watson fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Maria (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Maria won 6-1 0-0 ret. in the qualifications in Toronto back in 2022.
Tatjana Maria
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-31 | 14-16 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 24-17 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 17-12 | 14-6 | 6-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 5-8 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, Tatjana reached the 2nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-1 6-4). During the match, Maria scored 62 points vs Zhang’s 43. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maria fired 12 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Tatjana Maria lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Maria put 69% of her first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Tatjana was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Zhang 5 times.
Maria has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (299-239). 3-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Maria has an aggregate 46-19 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W40 Pune where she beat Nigina Abduraimova in the final 6-1 6-1 and in Bogota where she defeated Peyton Stearns in the final 6-3 2-6 6-4.
Tatjana has a composed 25-16 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 16-10 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 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. 195, heather reached the 2nd round after beating Sophie Chang 6-3 6-3, Amelia Rajecki 6-3 6-2 and Jule Niemeier 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Heather had a good straight sets win against Niemeier (6-4 6-3). During the match Watson scored 67 points vs Niemeier’s 55. Heather was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Watson struck 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 60% of her first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Niemeier 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Watson’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W25 Glasgow and the W40+H Calvi.
Heather has a composed 20-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 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 | Maria | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 54 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 182-138 |
| Total Points | 105 | 320 |
| Winners | 28 | 72 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Maria played 1 match while Watson competed in 3 matches. Watson started her run from the qualifications while Maria had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Maria has played 4 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 6). Therefore, Maria played 37 games less than Watson. Tatjana scored 28 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Heather bagged 72 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maria | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 5 |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 92/149 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 72/92 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 29/57 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 51% |
Maria struck 12 aces . Watson bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Maria won 70% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maria | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 100% | 52% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Tatjana broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Tatjana surrendered her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Heather broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Maria | |||
| R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Watson | |||||
| Q1 Chang |
Q3 Rajecki |
R1 Niemeier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 19 | 54 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 55-36 | 67-55 | 182-138 | |
| Total points | 107 | 91 | 122 | 320 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 23 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 31/48 | 31/52 | 92/149 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 24/31 | 23/31 | 72/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 77% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 10/17 | 7/21 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 59% | 33% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 | 6/13 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 80% | 46% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 40% | 190% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Theo FournerieFournerie – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Thomas Yaka Kofi SetodjiYaka Kofi Setodji (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Eros SiringoSiringo (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Alize CornetCornet (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Lin ZhuZhu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Heather WatsonWatson (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Donna VekicVekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Daria SnigurSnigur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
