Heather Watson vs Kate MakarovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#445 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
10w32 meetings · sets 3–2
🇷🇺Kate Makarova
Unranked · 38 yrs · Left-Handed
393wHeather Watson and Kate Makarova have met 2 times since 2017; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Monterrey in 2017 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Watson has taken 3 sets to Makarova's 2. Their most recent meeting: Kate Makarova won at US Open (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Watson | Makarova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Heather Watson | Kate Makarova | ||
| 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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Watson 1, Makarova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Makarova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,090 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 28, 2018
US Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Apr 6, 2017
Monterrey
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Makarova |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Dubai · Round of 64
Feb 20
Vera Zvonareva
St. Petersburg · Round of 32
Jan 30
Katie Boulter
Australian Open · Round of 128
Jan 15
Ons Jabeur
Moscow · Round of 32
Oct 17
Garbine Muguruza
Beijing · Round of 64
Oct 3
Julia Goerges
US Open · Round of 64
Aug 29
Anastasija Sevastova
US Open · Round of 32
Aug 29
Heather Watson
US Open · Round of 128
Aug 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–14 matches
| Metric | Watson | Makarova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | - |
| Sets won | 47% | - |
| Games won | 50% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Watson | Makarova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Watson | Makarova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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