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.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
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
14 - 9win/loss
42
1
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-16 | 10-10 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 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 |
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
Heather Watson
9 - 11win/loss
183
38
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 21-17 | 15-9 | 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. 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Pliskova | Watson |
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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 | ||
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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 |
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dustin BrownBrown – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin KrawietzKrawietz – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 6-75 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro SousaSousa – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Zizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Francesca JonesJones (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Tatjana MariaMaria (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Daria SnigurSnigur (0-0) – H2H and prediction