Heather Watson and Zarina Diyas will fight against each other in the qualifications of the China Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.39
Zarina Diyas -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Heather Watson vs. Zarina Diyas
This will be the 5th time that Heather Watson and Zarina Diyas square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Diyas won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Heather Watson
22 - 17win/loss
160
38
WLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-17 | 16-9 | 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. 160, heather reached the qualifications after defeating Elsa Jacquemot 2-6 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications against Jacquemot, Heather recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Watson scored 78 points vs Jacquemot’s 68. Heather was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watson was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Heather Watson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 64% of her first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Heather broke Jacquemot 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Watson has good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (244-224). 16-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watson has an aggregate 148-124 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Nottingham where she overcame Manon Leonard in the final 6-3 6-0.
Watson has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Zarina Diyas
7 - 6win/loss
571
31
WLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-22 | 17-11 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-10 | 4-4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 571, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Rebeka Masarova 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Masarova (6-4 6-0). During the match Diyas scored 58 points vs Masarova’s 38. Zarina was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Diyas couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zarina Diyas was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Zarina broke Masarova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Zarina has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watson | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 |
| Pts | 78-68 | 58-38 |
| Total Points | 146 | 96 |
| Winners | 32 | 22 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Watson and Diyas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Heather Watson lost 1 set while Zarina Diyas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Watson has played 1 set more than Diyas (3 vs 2). Therefore, Watson played 7 games more than Diyas. Watson scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 22 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watson | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 30/47 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 22/30 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Watson didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Diyas also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watson won 59% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Diyas won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watson | Diyas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 71% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 56% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Heather conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Watson | |||
| Q1 Jacquemot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 78-68 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/85 | 54/85 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 32/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Diyas | |||
| Q1 Masarova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-38 | 58-38 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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