Heather Watson vs Timea BabosPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#445 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
10w32 meetings · sets 3–2
🇭🇺Timea Babos
Unranked · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
111wHeather Watson and Timea Babos have met 2 times since 2016; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at Australian Open in 2016 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Watson has taken 3 sets to Babos's 2. Their most recent meeting: Heather Watson won at Credit Andorra Open - Andorra (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Watson | Babos | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Heather Watson | Timea Babos | ||
| 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, Babos 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watson
💥 Big Hitter
Babos
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 3,896 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Nov 28, 2023
Credit Andorra Open - Andorra
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 19, 2016
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watson | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Ekaterina Makarova
Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest · 1st Round
Jul 16
Marina Bassols Ribera
Open Internacional Femeni Solgirones - La Bisbal D'Emporda · 1st Round
Apr 2
Polona Hercog
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya · 2nd Round
Mar 28
Ipek Oz
Megasaray Hotels Open - Antalya · 1st Round
Mar 27
Linda Noskova
Brisbane International - Brisbane · 1st Round
Jan 2
Heather Watson
Credit Andorra Open - Andorra · 1st Round
Nov 28
Daria Kasatkina
Zhengzhou Open - Zhengzhou · 1st Round
Oct 10
Varvara Lepchenko
Barranquilla Open - Barranquilla · 1st Round
Aug 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–14 matches
| Metric | Watson | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | - |
| Sets won | 47% | - |
| Games won | 50% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Watson | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Watson | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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