Heather Watson vs Mayar SherifPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#445 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
10w32 meetings · sets 4–1
🇪🇬Mayar Sherif
#51 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
Heather Watson and Mayar Sherif have met 2 times since 2022; Heather Watson leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2022 on hard. Watson has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Watson has taken 4 sets to Sherif's 1. Their most recent meeting: Heather Watson won at Wimbledon (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Watson | Sherif | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Heather Watson | Mayar Sherif | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 83% | 5/6 | 71% | 29/41 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 3/8 | 43% | 10/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 4/14 | 34% | 22/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 3/6 | 49% | 24/49 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 5/8 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 1/3 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 71% | 5/7 | 83% | 34/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 5/7 | 71% | 29/41 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Watson 1, Sherif 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Sherif
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,380 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Heather Watson.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jun 23, 2026
Wimbledon
G Grass
Jan 18, 2022
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Watson | Sherif | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Heather Watson | Mayar Sherif | ||
| 1 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 36% | 8/22 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 9% | 2/22 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/22 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/22 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/22 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/0 | 0% | 0/22 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 18–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.01 | 1.59 |
| ROI % | +13.8% | +26.2% |
| Units P/L | +0.69u | +5.76u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | AUT |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
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
Oleksandra Oliynykova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 24
Paula Badosa
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Elsa Jacquemot
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Simona Waltert
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 22
Oleksandra Oliynykova
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 18
Yulia Putintseva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Kaitlin Quevedo
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Dalma Galfi
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–64 matches
| Metric | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | 64% |
| Sets won | 47% | 61% |
| Games won | 50% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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