Heather Watson vs Sloane Stephens — Stanford Round of 32

Stanford · WTA · Round of 32
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 July 2012
hard
Sloane Stephens
USA
Sloane Stephens
#315WTA
1683ELO
1630Hard ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
Watson H.
7-6 4-6 6-1
Stephens S.
Watson H.
77462
Stephens S.
65611

Heather Watson defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6 4-6 6-1 in the Stanford round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sloane Stephens came in ranked #315, leading the head-to-head 4–2. Heather Watson narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Heather Watson came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-02-27AustinR16hardSloane Stephens6-4 6-4
2021-10-06Indian WellsR128hardSloane Stephens6-7(5) 7-5 6-1
2016-03-21MiamiR64hardHeather Watson6-3 6-0
2015-06-22EastbourneR16grassSloane Stephens6-2 6-3
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR64claySloane Stephens6-2 6-4
2015-01-12HobartR16hardHeather Watson6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

Stephens S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Watson H.Stephens S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
58%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.3
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Watson H.Stephens S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
20
63
Break points saved·Dominant
43
78
Break points won·Dominant
62
90
Deciding sets·Slight edge
50
55
Tiebreaks·Dominant
12
74

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Stephens S.
Freshness·
100
—

Watson H.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Vandeweghe C.
7-56-3
Semi-finals
Vandeweghe C.
Wickmayer Y.
6-23-66-2
Williams S.
Cirstea S.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Wickmayer Y.
Bartoli M.
6-36-2
Vandeweghe C.
Radwanska U.
6-46-4
Cirstea S.
Cibulkova D.
6-756-26-0
Williams S.
Scheepers C.
6-46-0
R16
Vandeweghe C.
Jankovic J.
6-46-2
Bartoli M.
Burdette M.
7-56-0
Cibulkova D.
Sema E.
6-16-3
Cirstea S.
Zheng S.
6-36-3
Radwanska U.
Erakovic M.
6-33-66-4
Wickmayer Y.
Watson H.
5-76-16-4
Williams S.
Gibbs N.
6-26-1
Scheepers C.
Larcher De Brito M.
6-36-4
R32
Zheng S.
Morita A.
4-2
Erakovic M.
Juricova J.
6-26-2
Gibbs N.
Lertcheewakarn N.
6-46-4
Larcher De Brito M.
Gajdosova J.
5-76-26-3
Scheepers C.
Min G.
6-46-4
Sema E.
Glatch A.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
King V.
7-56-4
Burdette M.
Keothavong A.
2-67-56-4
Radwanska U.
Daniilidou E.
3-66-36-4
Vandeweghe C.
Czink M.
6-46-1
Wickmayer Y.
Chang K.
7-52-67-5
Watson H.
Stephens S.
7-654-66-1