Barbora Strycova vs Heather WatsonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇿Barbora Strycova
Unranked · 40 yrs · Right-Handed
157w4 meetings · sets 7–3
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#445 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
9w3Barbora Strycova and Heather Watson have met 4 times since 2016; Barbora Strycova leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Rome in 2016 on clay. On grass courts Strycova leads 2–1. Across all meetings Strycova has taken 7 sets to Watson's 3. Their most recent meeting: Barbora Strycova won at Birmingham (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Strycova | Watson | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Barbora Strycova | Heather Watson | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 83% | 5/6 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 38% | 3/8 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 29% | 4/14 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 3/6 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 63% | 5/8 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 33% | 1/3 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 71% | 5/7 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 71% | 5/7 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Strycova 2, Watson 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Strycova
🎯 Baseliner
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 330 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Heather Watson.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jun 19, 2019
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 32
Jun 30, 2017
Eastbourne
G Grass · Quarterfinals
Jun 16, 2016
Birmingham
G Grass · Round of 16
May 11, 2016
Rome
C Clay · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Strycova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.01 |
| ROI % | - | +13.8% |
| Units P/L | - | +0.69u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kaia Kanepi
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Ankita Raina
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 2
Magda Linette
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 6
Maryna Zanevska
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jul 3
Jelena Ostapenko
Rothesay International - Eastbourne · 1st Round
Jun 27
Magdalena Frech
Rothesay Classic - Birmingham · 1st Round
Jun 20
Maria Sakkari
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 2nd Round
May 12
Maryna Zanevska
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome · 1st Round
May 9
Maria Timofeeva
Wimbledon
Jun 25
Tatiana Prozorova
Wimbledon
Jun 24
Mayar Sherif
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Queen's Club
Jun 7
Shuai Zhang
Queen's Club
Jun 7
Viktoria Hruncakova
Birmingham
May 30
Xiaodi You
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang · Quarterfinals
May 8
Kyoka Okamura
Jiangxi Open - Jiujiang · 2nd Round
May 6
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–14 matches
| Metric | Strycova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 43% |
| Sets won | - | 47% |
| Games won | - | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Strycova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 2 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Strycova | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 2 | 1 |
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