H2H, prediction of Karolina Pliskova vs Heather Watson in Nottingham with odds, preview, pick | 12th June 2024

PREVIEW. Nottingham. Pliskova and Watson will square off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 12th of June

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Heather Watson

Karolina Pliskova and Heather Watson will face off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on Centre 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 Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.55
Heather Watson -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Heather Watson

This will be the 2nd time that Karolina Pliskova and Heather Watson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Watson won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in the Prague.

Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova
Karolina Pliskova

14 - 9win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
5-0
Clay
1-3
Grass
1-0
Rank
42
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-11 7-6 1-3 5-0 4-2 0-0
2023 22-19 19-13 2-3 0-0 1-3 0-0
2022 21-21 12-9 6-6 0-3 3-3 0-0
2021 37-19 23-12 8-4 0-0 6-3 0-0
2020 14-8 9-5 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 50, the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating Alycia Parks 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Parks (6-4 6-4). During the match, Pliskova scored 65 points vs Parks’s 51. Pliskova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pliskova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 69% of her first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Parks 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Pliskova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (359-183). 1-0 on grass in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has a composed 46-21 match record in the last years on grass.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Napoca where she overcame Ana Bogdan in the final 6-4 6-3.

Pliskova has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

Pliskova
Nottingham
Pliskova's Record

Heather Watson

Heather Watson
Heather Watson

9 - 11win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
4-1
Clay
1-4
Grass
1-0
Rank
198
High
38
LLWLLLLWLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-13 3-6 1-4 4-1 1-2 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
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Ranked no. 158, heather reached the 2nd round after beating Kayla Day 4-6 6-0 6-4.

In the 1st round against Day, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-4). During the match Watson scored 85 points vs Day’s 70. Heather was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Watson struck 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 61% of her first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Day 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

The Brit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W50 Roehampton.

Watson has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.

Watson
Nottingham
Watson's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Pliskova
H.Watson
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
!
1h:56
1h:56
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
65
65
Total points​
85
85
65
65
Avg point​
85
85
29
29
Winners
37
37
29
29
Avg Winners​
37
37
45%
45%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
6
6
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
29/40
29/40
1st won total​
37/46
37/46
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
8/18
8/18
2nd won total​
15/30
15/30
44%
44%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
BP won
4/6
4/6
4/10
4/10
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
40%
40%
Won
!
67%
67%
5
5
Conceded
2
2
5
5
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pliskova Watson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 20 26
Pts 65-51 85-70
Total Points 116 155
Winners 29 37
%Winners 45% 44%

Both Pliskova and Watson played 1 match. At the moment, Heather Watson surrendered 1 set while Karolina Pliskova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pliskova has played 1 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pliskova played 6 games less than Watson. Pliskova scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Watson managed to score 37 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pliskova Watson
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 6
1st in 40/58 46/76
%1st in 69% 61%
1st pts 29/40 37/46
%1st pts 73% 80%
2nd pts 8/18 15/30
%2nd pts 44% 50%

Pliskova made 2 aces . Watson recorded 6 aces . Pliskova won 73% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 80% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pliskova Watson
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/6
% Converted 40% 67%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 3 1
% Saved 60% 50%
Times Broken 2 1

Karolina broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pliskova dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Pliskova
R1
Parks		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 65-51 65-51
Total points 116 116
Winners 29 29
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 40/58 40/58
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 29/40 29/40
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 8/18 8/18
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Watson
R1
Day		 Total
Score 4-6 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 85-70 85-70
Total points 155 155
Winners 37 37
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 46/76 46/76
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 37/46 37/46
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 15/30 15/30
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Karolina Pliskova
  • 0Slam
  • 17Main
  • 9ITF
  • 1Minor
Heather Watson
  • 0Slam
  • 4Main
  • 6ITF
  • 1Minor

Karolina
Pliskova

1:1

Heather
Watson

Rank

42

High

1

0Clay1

1Grass0

Rank

198

High

38

Win Loss
Pliskova
LLWWWWLLLW
Watson
LLWLLLLWLL
2024 2023 2022
17 - 11
9 - 13
7-6
Hard
3-6
5-0
I Hard
4-1
1-3
Clay
1-4
4-2
Grass
1-2

Tennis Scores in Nottingham

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