Heather Watson vs Kristyna PliskovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#445 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
9w33 meetings · sets 5–3
🇨🇿Kristyna Pliskova
Unranked · 34 yrs · Left-Handed
257wHeather 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 | 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 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%, 3,090 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 | 3–2 | - |
| 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
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 · 14–14 matches
| Metric | Watson | Pliskova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | - |
| Sets won | 47% | - |
| Games won | 50% | - |
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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