Yulia Putintseva vs Heather Watson — Osaka Round of 16

Osaka · WTA · Round of 16
Yulia Putintseva
KAZ
Yulia Putintseva
#82WTA
1805ELO
1758Hard ELO
31 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 October 2014
hard
Heather Watson
GBR6
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Putintseva Y.
6-4 7-5
Watson H.
Putintseva Y.
672
Watson H.
450

Yulia Putintseva defeated Heather Watson 6-4 7-5 in the Osaka round of 16 on hard. Yulia Putintseva narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-06-09Queen's ClubR32grassHeather Watson6-4 6-3
2023-01-30Hua HinR32hardHeather Watson5-7 6-4 7-6(5)
2018-01-15Australian OpenR128hardYulia Putintseva7-5 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Putintseva Y.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Putintseva Y.

Serve advantage — Putintseva Y.

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

Putintseva Y.Watson H.
18
Serve
—
29
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Putintseva Y.Watson H.
1st serve in·Clear edge
71%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.2
3.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Putintseva Y.Watson H.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
83
20
Break points saved·Dominant
87
43
Break points won·Dominant
98
62
Deciding sets·Dominant
86
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
72
13

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

Freshness

Recent load
Putintseva Y.Watson H.
Freshness·Dominant
75
100

Putintseva Y.: 3 days rest · 4 matches, 74 games (7d) · Watson H.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Stosur S.[1]
Diyas Z.[5]
7-676-3
Semi-finals
Stosur S.[1]
Svitolina E.[3]
7-666-2
Diyas Z.[5]
Kumkhum L.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Kumkhum L.
Keys M.[2]
6-24-3
Stosur S.[1]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-1
Svitolina E.[3]
Davis L.[8]
6-26-4
Diyas Z.[5]
Konjuh A.
6-746-46-2
R16
Stosur S.[1]
Gajdosova J.
7-641-0
Davis L.[8]
Aoyama S.
6-16-1
Putintseva Y.
Watson H.[6]
6-47-5
Svitolina E.[3]
Osaka N.
3-66-36-4
Kumkhum L.
Hozumi E.
2-66-46-4
Keys M.[2]
Doi M.
6-06-4
Diyas Z.[5]
Arruabarrena L.
6-06-1
Konjuh A.
Vandeweghe C.[4]
6-23-66-3
R32
Svitolina E.[3]
Rogers S.
7-624-66-1
Arruabarrena L.
Maria T.
6-26-1
Kumkhum L.
Mchale C.[7]
4-66-16-3
Hozumi E.
Mattek Sands B.
7-643-66-1
Keys M.[2]
Vickery S.
6-36-3
Osaka N.
Sema E.
6-14-66-0
Watson H.[6]
Jaksic J.
3-66-46-2
Stosur S.[1]
Eguchi M.
6-47-5
Aoyama S.
Voracova R.
6-16-3
Konjuh A.
Zheng J.
4-67-56-2
Davis L.[8]
Kuwata H.
1-66-47-63
Diyas Z.[5]
Chan Y.
7-636-1
Putintseva Y.
Ozaki R.
7-636-3
Gajdosova J.
Imanishi M.
6-46-0
Doi M.
Bogdan A.
6-746-26-2
Vandeweghe C.[4]
Mladenovic K.
6-26-3