Heather Watson vs Ipek SoyluPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#388 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
7w31 meeting · sets 2–0
🇹🇷Ipek Soylu
Unranked · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
401wHeather Watson and Ipek Soylu have met 1 time since 2017; Heather Watson leads 1–0. Across all meetings Watson has taken 2 sets to Soylu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Heather Watson won at Fed Cup G1 RR: GBR vs TUR (2017).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Watson | Soylu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Heather Watson | Ipek Soylu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 64% | 9/14 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 5/12 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 10/26 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 5/12 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 10/14 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 4/8 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 12/15 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 60% | 9/15 | — | |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Watson 1, Soylu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Soylu
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 910 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Heather Watson.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Feb 10, 2017
Fed Cup G1 RR: GBR vs TUR
H Hard · Round Robin
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Soylu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–3 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.42 | - |
| ROI % | +20.0% | - |
| Units P/L | +1.20u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Harriet Dart
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Angela Fita Boluda
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Claire Liu
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Anna Blinkova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Julieta Pareja
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 26
Kamilla Rakhimova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Maria Timofeeva
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 25
Tatiana Prozorova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 24
Despina Papamichail
Fed Cup G1 PM: GRE vs TUR · Round Robin
Feb 9
Shuai Zhang
Guangzhou · Round of 16
Sep 21
Maria Sakkari
Guangzhou · Round of 32
Sep 20
Carla Suarez Navarro
US Open · Round of 128
Aug 29
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Istanbul · Round of 32
Apr 26
Timea Babos
Budapest · Round of 32
Feb 22
Ines Murta
Fed Cup G1 RR: TUR vs POR · Round Robin
Feb 10
Diana Marcinkevica
Fed Cup G1 RR: TUR vs LAT · Round Robin
Feb 10
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–26 matches
| Metric | Watson | Soylu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | - |
| Sets won | 53% | - |
| Games won | 52% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Watson | Soylu |
|---|---|---|
| BJK Cup | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Watson | Soylu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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