Marta Kostyuk and Heather Watson will face off in the 2nd round of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 am 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.24
Heather Watson -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Heather Watson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kostyuk won 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2018.
Marta Kostyuk
32 - 17win/loss
18
16
LWLLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-20 | 24-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 22-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 18-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-17 | 8-9 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 16-6 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Kostyuk got to the 2nd round after beating Arantxa Rus 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kostyuk had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kostyuk scored 67 points vs Rus’s 53. Marta was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kostyuk struck 4 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 46% of her first serves in, winning 71% (17/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Marta broke Rus 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Kostyuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (216-125). 22-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kostyuk has an aggregate113-63 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in San Diego and Stuttgart.
Marta has an aggregate 32-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Heather Watson
21 - 16win/loss
138
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. 183, the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Boyoung Jeong 6-2 6-2, Yeon Woo Ku 7-5 6-3 and Jia-Jing Lu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Lu (6-4 6-4). During the match Watson scored 69 points vs Lu’s 60. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson scored 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Heather Watson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Lu 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W50 Nottingham where she overcame Manon Leonard in the final 6-3 6-0.
Heather has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2024, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostyuk | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 57 |
| Pts | 67-53 | 216-176 |
| Total Points | 120 | 392 |
| Winners | 17 | 69 |
| %Winners | 25% | 32% |
Kostyuk played 1 match while Watson competed in 3 matches. Watson started her run from the qualifications while Kostyuk had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kostyuk has played 4 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kostyuk played 41 games less than Watson. The Ukrainian scored 17 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit made 69 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostyuk | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 24/52 | 86/181 |
| %1st in | 46% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 69/86 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 46/95 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
Kostyuk recorded 4 aces . Watson struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Kostyuk won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 80% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostyuk | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 13/36 |
| % Converted | 43% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Marta broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kostyuk lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponents 13 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kostyuk | |||
| R1 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 24/52 | 24/52 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Watson | |||||
| Q1 Jeong |
Q3 Woo |
R1 Lu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 84-71 | 69-60 | 216-176 | |
| Total points | 108 | 155 | 129 | 392 | |
| Winners | 20 | 26 | 23 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% | 33% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 22/53 | 38/73 | 26/55 | 86/181 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 52% | 47% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 26/38 | 23/26 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 68% | 88% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/31 | 20/35 | 15/29 | 46/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 57% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/10 | 3/11 | 13/36 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 27% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 50% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Petr NouzaNouza (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Gabriel SchmidtSchmidt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mick VeldheerVeldheer – Luca GiacominiGiacomini (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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