Heather Watson vs Timea BabosPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Heather Watson
#388 · 34 yrs · Right-Handed
7w32 meetings · sets 3–2
🇭🇺Timea Babos
Unranked · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
117wHeather 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 | 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 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%, 4,271 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 | 3–3 | - |
| 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
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 · 26–26 matches
| Metric | Watson | Babos |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | - |
| Sets won | 53% | - |
| Games won | 52% | - |
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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