Heather Watson vs Mayar SherifPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#388 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
7w32 meetings · sets 4–1
🇪🇬Mayar Sherif
#52 · 30 yrs · Right-Handed
6wHeather 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 - London (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 | 64% | 9/14 | 67% | 28/42 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 5/12 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 10/26 | 40% | 25/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 5/12 | 49% | 23/47 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 10/14 | 69% | 9/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 4/8 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 12/15 | 81% | 34/42 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 60% | 9/15 | 67% | 28/42 |
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 7,733 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 - London
G Grass · 1st Round Qualifying
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 | 100% | 3/3 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 2/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/3 | 0% | 0/7 |
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 | 3–3 | 5–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.42 | 2.29 |
| ROI % | +20.0% | +31.7% |
| Units P/L | +1.20u | +2.22u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Sherif has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Watson's 0%).
| Opponent | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Blinkova | L 26 57 | W 61 62 |
| Greet Minnen | L 26 64 57 | W 63 60 |
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
Nikola Bartunkova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Oleksandra Oliynykova
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 24
Tamara Korpatsch
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · Semifinals
Jul 25
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
Paula Badosa
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Final
Jul 20
Oleksandra Oliynykova
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Semifinals
Jul 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–63 matches
| Metric | Watson | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 67% |
| Sets won | 53% | 63% |
| Games won | 52% | 55% |
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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