Heather Watson and Jia-Jing Lu will play each other in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on Grandstand. 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 Heather Watson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.131
Jia-Jing Lu -> 5.95

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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Jia-Jing Lu

This will be the 2nd time that Heather Watson and Jia-Jing Lu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lu won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Hong Kong back in 2018.

Heather Watson

Heather Watson

20 - 16win/loss

Hard
14-8
I Hard
4-1
Clay
1-4
Grass
1-3
Rank
140
High
38
LLWWWWLWLW
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. 184, the Brit got to the 1st round after beating Boyoung Jeong 6-2 6-2 and Yeon Woo Ku 7-5 6-3.

In the qualifications, Heather had a good straight sets win against Woo Ku (7-5 6-3). During the match, Watson scored 84 points vs Woo Ku’s 71. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watson blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 52% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Heather broke Woo Ku 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.

Watson has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (242-223). 14-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Watson has a compiled 146-123 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W50 Nottingham where she overcame Manon Leonard in the final 6-3 6-0.

Watson has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Heather has never competed in this tournament before.

Seoul
Watson's Record

Jia-Jing Lu

Jia-Jing Lu

28 - 17win/loss

Hard
24-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Grass
1-2
Rank
254
High
162
LLWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-23 27-20 3-1 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 33-25 26-19 7-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 26-30 19-20 6-7 0-2 0-0 1-1
2021 11-23 8-8 0-8 3-5 0-1 0-1
2020 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 272, Lu reached the 1st round after beating Tereza Mihalikova 6-2 6-2 and Polina Kudermetova 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Jia-Jing had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-4 6-4). During the match Lu scored 64 points vs Kudermetova’s 49. Lu was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Lu blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jia-Jing Lu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lu put 64% of her first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kudermetova 6 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jia-Jing started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

The Chinese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W50 Taizhou.

Lu has a compiled 28-17 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Seoul
Lu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Watson
J.Lu
3h:15
3h:15
Time on court​
2h:25
2h:25
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
36
36
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
147
147
Total points​
131
131
73.5
73.5
Avg point​
65.5
65.5
46
46
Winners
39
39
23
23
Avg Winners​
19.5
19.5
31%
31%
Ratio winners
30%
30%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
5
5
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
7
7
Double Faults
9
9
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
46/60
46/60
1st won total​
39/63
39/63
!
77%
77%
1st won %
62%
62%
31/66
31/66
2nd won total​
29/50
29/50
47%
47%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
10/25
10/25
BP won
11/17
11/17
5/12.5
5/12.5
Avg BP won
5.5/8.5
5.5/8.5
40%
40%
Won
!
65%
65%
11
11
Conceded
13
13
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
4
4
Broken
5
5
2
2
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
7
7
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watson Lu
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 36
Pts 147-116 131-96
Total Points 263 227
Winners 46 39
%Winners 31% 30%

Both Watson and Lu played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watson and Lu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Watson played 1 game more than Lu. Heather scored 46 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Jia-Jing managed to score 39 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watson Lu
Aces 9 5
Avg per match 4.5 2.5
1st in 60/126 63/113
%1st in 48% 56%
1st pts 46/60 39/63
%1st pts 77% 62%
2nd pts 31/66 29/50
%2nd pts 47% 58%

Watson made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Lu recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Watson won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lu won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watson Lu
Won 10 11
Converted 10/25 11/17
% Converted 40% 65%
Conceded 11 13
Saved 7 8
% Saved 64% 62%
Times Broken 4 5

Watson broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Brit lost her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Lu broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Lu conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Watson
Q1
Jeong
Q3
Woo
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 21 37
pts 63-45 84-71 147-116
Total points 108 155 263
Winners 20 26 46
%Winners 32% 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9
Double Faults 2 5 7
1st in 22/53 38/73 60/126
% 1st in 42% 52% 48%
1st pts 20/22 26/38 46/60
% 1st pts 91% 68% 77%
2nd pts 11/31 20/35 31/66
% 2nd pts 35% 57% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/15 4/10 10/25
Converted % 40% 40% 40%
Conceded 3 8 11
Saved 1/3 6/8 7
Saved % 33% 75% 54%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Lu
Q1
Mihalikova
Q3
Kudermetova
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 20 36
pts 67-47 64-49 131-96
Total points 114 113 227
Winners 19 20 39
%Winners 28% 31% 30%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 5
Double Faults 6 3 9
1st in 28/58 35/55 63/113
% 1st in 48% 64% 56%
1st pts 19/28 20/35 39/63
% 1st pts 68% 57% 62%
2nd pts 17/30 12/20 29/50
% 2nd pts 57% 60% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/11 6/6 11/17
Converted % 45% 100% 65%
Conceded 6 7 13
Saved 5/6 3/7 8
Saved % 83% 43% 63%
Times Broken 1 4 5

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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