Heather Watson vs Kristyna PliskovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#388 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
7w33 meetings · sets 5–3
🇨🇿Kristyna Pliskova
Unranked · 34 yrs · Left-Handed
263wHeather Watson and Kristyna Pliskova have met 3 times since 2016; Heather Watson leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Katowice in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Watson leads 2–1. Watson has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Watson has taken 5 sets to Pliskova's 3. Their most recent meeting: Heather Watson won at Australian Open - Melbourne (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Watson | Pliskova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Heather Watson | Kristyna Pliskova | ||
| 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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Watson 1, Pliskova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Pliskova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 9, 2021
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 22, 2020
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 6, 2016
Katowice
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Varvara Gracheva
Astana Open - Nur-Sultan · 1st Round
Sep 27
Petra Kvitova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Danka Kovinic
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Winners Open - Cluj-Napoca · Quarterfinals
Aug 6
Katarzyna Kawa
Winners Open - Cluj-Napoca · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Martina Trevisan
Winners Open - Cluj-Napoca · 1st Round
Aug 3
Rebecca Sramkova
Belgrade - Belgrade · Quarterfinals
Jul 29
Varvara Gracheva
Belgrade - Belgrade · 2nd Round
Jul 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–26 matches
| Metric | Watson | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | - |
| Sets won | 53% | - |
| Games won | 52% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Watson | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Watson | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
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