Heather Watson vs Belinda Bencic — Indian Wells Round of 128

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 128
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 March 2014
hard
Belinda Bencic
SUI
Belinda Bencic
#14WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
Watson H.
7-5 6-4
Bencic B.
Watson H.
762
Bencic B.
540

Heather Watson defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-4 in the Indian Wells round of 128 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in ranked #14, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Heather Watson claimed a first win over Belinda Bencic in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-03-21MiamiR32hardBelinda Bencic6-4 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Serve advantage — Bencic B.

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

Serve & return on hard

Watson H.Bencic B.
—
Serve
57
—
Return
55

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Watson H.Bencic B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
61%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
61%
Aces / match·Even
3.3
2.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Watson H.Bencic B.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
20
88
Break points saved·Dominant
43
95
Break points won·Dominant
62
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
13
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Bencic B.
Freshness·Clear edge
100
85

Watson H.: 18 days rest · Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
19°COvercast
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 49%

Draw

Final
Pennetta F.[20]
Radwanska A.[2]
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Radwanska A.[2]
Halep S.[6]
6-36-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Li N.[1]
7-656-3
Quarter-finals
Li N.[1]
Cibulkova D.[12]
6-34-66-3
Radwanska A.[2]
Jankovic J.[7]
7-52-66-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Stephens S.[17]
6-45-76-4
Halep S.[6]
Dellacqua C.
6-26-2
R16
Li N.[1]
Wozniak A.
6-16-4
Cibulkova D.[12]
Kvitova P.[8]
6-36-2
Pennetta F.[20]
Giorgi C.
6-26-1
Halep S.[6]
Bouchard E.[18]
6-21-66-4
Jankovic J.[7]
Wozniacki C.[10]
6-36-1
Radwanska A.[2]
Cornet A.[22]
7-56-3
Dellacqua C.
Davis L.
DEF
Stephens S.[17]
Kleybanova A.
6-37-5
R32
Cibulkova D.[12]
Makarova K.[23]
6-47-5
Wozniak A.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[21]
6-16-736-0
Kvitova P.[8]
Kuznetsova S.[27]
6-32-66-0
Giorgi C.
Sharapova M.[4]
6-34-67-5
Pennetta F.[20]
Stosur S.[16]
6-43-66-1
Stephens S.[17]
Ivanovic A.[11]
7-636-4
Kleybanova A.
Torro Flor M.
6-16-3
Halep S.[6]
Safarova L.[26]
6-24-66-4
Dellacqua C.
Vinci R.[13]
4-66-46-3
Davis L.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-2
Jankovic J.[7]
Rybarikova M.[31]
6-36-2
Wozniacki C.[10]
Shvedova Y.
7-673-66-1
Cornet A.[22]
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
6-747-56-3
Radwanska A.[2]
Beck A.
6-06-0
Bouchard E.[18]
Errani S.[9]
6-36-3
Li N.[1]
Pliskova K.
6-36-4
R64
Giorgi C.
Cirstea S.[25]
7-636-3
Li N.[1]
Zheng J.
6-17-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.[21]
Garcia C.
6-47-5
Wozniak A.
Lisicki S.[15]
7-51-67-65
Cibulkova D.[12]
Vekic D.
6-36-2
Makarova K.[23]
Niculescu M.
5-77-636-3
Kuznetsova S.[27]
Strycova B.
6-36-3
Kvitova P.[8]
Vandeweghe C.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.[4]
Goerges J.
6-16-4
Pennetta F.[20]
Townsend T.
6-36-746-3
Stosur S.[16]
Schiavone F.
6-26-3
Ivanovic A.[11]
Svitolina E.
4-67-57-61
Stephens S.[17]
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Kleybanova A.
Muguruza G.[32]
6-36-2
Torro Flor M.
Kerber A.[5]
2-67-656-4
Halep S.[6]
Nara K.
6-26-2
Safarova L.[26]
Wickmayer Y.
6-36-4
Bouchard E.[18]
Peng S.
6-26-2
Errani S.[9]
Fichman S.
6-16-1
Vinci R.[13]
Keys M.
6-36-3
Dellacqua C.
Flipkens K.[19]
1-66-36-1
Jankovic J.[7]
Meusburger Y.
6-36-1
Shvedova Y.
Kanepi K.[24]
6-36-2
Wozniacki C.[10]
Jovanovski B.
6-16-3
Cornet A.[22]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-34-66-2
Radwanska A.[2]
Watson H.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.[14]
Mladenovic K.
6-36-3
Rybarikova M.[31]
Rogers S.
6-46-3
Pliskova K.
Koukalova K.[28]
7-56-2
Beck A.
Vesnina E.[30]
6-23-66-3
Lepchenko V.
Hantuchova D.[29]
6-36-2
Davis L.
Azarenka V.[3]
6-07-62
R128
Zheng J.
Ormaechea P.
3-66-37-65
Pliskova K.
Larcher De Brito M.
6-23-66-2
Garcia C.
Mattek Sands B.
6-37-5
Wozniak A.
Radwanska U.
6-26-0
Vandeweghe C.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-46-0
Goerges J.
Cepelova J.
6-12-66-3
Giorgi C.
Petkovic A.
6-756-36-3
Townsend T.
Knapp K.
7-616-1
Schiavone F.
Barthel M.
3-66-26-2
Svitolina E.
Puig M.
6-47-5
Tomljanovic A.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-47-62
Kleybanova A.
Duval V.
5-76-46-4
Nara K.
Kiick A.
6-46-0
Peng S.
Zvonareva V.
4-66-07-5
Fichman S.
Peer S.
4-66-36-4
Keys M.
Pironkova T.
6-26-1
Dellacqua C.
Mchale C.
7-646-4
Lepchenko V.
Van Uytvanck A.
6-26-2
Davis L.
Chan Y.
6-46-3
Rogers S.
Cetkovska P.
6-06-4
Shvedova Y.
Scheepers C.
4-66-46-3
Jovanovski B.
Riske Amritraj A.
3-66-36-3
Beck A.
Voegele S.
6-22-67-5
Watson H.
Bencic B.
7-56-4
Torro Flor M.
Voskoboeva G.
6-11-0
Soler Espinosa S.
Petrova N.
1-1
Meusburger Y.
Benesova I.
6-46-2
Wickmayer Y.
Schmiedlova A.
3-66-26-4
Mladenovic K.
Zhang S.
6-26-1
Vekic D.
Rogowska O.
6-07-5
Niculescu M.
Erakovic M.
6-26-2
Strycova B.
King V.
6-03-66-2