Rebeka Masarova and Heather Watson will play each other in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Stadium 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 Rebeka Masarova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rebeka Masarova is the pick to win this match.
Rebeka Masarova -> 1.43
Heather Watson -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Rebeka Masarova vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 2nd time that Rebeka Masarova and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Watson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Watson won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in Indian Wells back in 2022.
Rebeka Masarova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 6-8 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 16-11 | 10-5 | 9-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 8-8 | 21-15 | 5-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-13 | 27-7 | 14-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86,she will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she beat 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 to Putintseva in the qualifications on the 3rd of February.
The Spaniard has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 197-106 record. She has a positive 56-31 record on hard.
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Masarova has never competed in this tournament before.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-8 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 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. 139, Watson reached the qualifications after beating Sofia Kenin 3-6 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications against Kenin, Heather recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Watson scored 82 points vs Kenin’s 59. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson scored 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Heather Watson was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of her 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Kenin 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Watson has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Masarova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
| Pts | 104-94 | 82-59 |
| Total Points | 198 | 141 |
| Winners | 53 | 31 |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% |
Both Masarova and Watson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rebeka Masarova dropped 1 set, while Heather Watson dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Masarova and Watson have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Masarova played 8 games more than Watson. Rebeka scored 53 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 31 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Masarova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 7 |
| 1st in | 77/105 | 40/66 |
| %1st in | 73% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 53/77 | 31/40 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 62% |
Masarova made 11 aces . Watson managed to score 7 aces . Masarova won 69% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% 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 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Masarova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 55% | 63% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Rebeka broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Rebeka dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Masarova | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Watson | |||
| Q1 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-59 | 82-59 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 40/66 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mai HontamaHontama – Diane ParryParry (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Bernarda PeraPera (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
