Heather Watson vs Yulia Putintseva | Heather Watson Wins 6-2 6-4

WuhanQ16QualifyingHardSat 26 SeptFinal

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Heather Watson defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-4 in the Wuhan qualifying round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yulia Putintseva came in ranked #82, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Heather Watson claimed a first win over Yulia Putintseva in two meetings, levelling the head-to-head at 1–1.

Key context

Match story: Heather Watson dropped just 6 games past Yulia Putintseva.

How the match was decided

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Watson H. took it in straight sets.

Match statistics

Match statistics are not available for this match. They appear once the official scoring feed publishes them.

Common opponents

5 shared · last 12 months

Watson H. and Putintseva Y. faced 5 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Watson H. went 2–3 (40%) against them, Putintseva Y. 1–5 (17%). Results against comparable opponents are close (2 : 1 better-results split).

2–340%Watson H. · better vs 2Record vs common opponents1–517%Putintseva Y. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

5–8Sets3–11

59–67Games59–79

0–1Tiebreaks0–1

2–1Deciding sets1–1

vs Svitolina E.#7W3-6 7-5 6-4Eastbourne · grassL6-1 5-7 7-9Roland Garros · clay
vs Krunic A.L6-7 4-6Birmingham · grassW3-6 6-3 6-3Roland Garros · clay
vs Kulichkova E.L4-6 6-3 3-6Seoul · hardL0-6 2-6Kuala Lumpur · hard

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vs Rodina E.W3-6 6-1 7-5Miami · hardL3-6 3-6Charleston · clay
vs Williams V.#599Hard to compareL3-6 1-6Beijing · hardL6-7 4-6Wimbledon · grass

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Watson H.September 2015WuhanThis matchHard6-2 6-4
Putintseva Y.October 2014OsakaHard6-4 7-5

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

Watson H.Putintseva Y.1 730ELO1 8401 635Hard ELO1 7676–4Last 104–623Age20170 cmHeight163 cmRightPlaysRightCareer $6.1M2026 $146KEarningsCareer $10.6M2026 $1.0M

Cite this

Heather Watson beat Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-4. Umpiry, "Heather Watson vs Yulia Putintseva — Wuhan Qualifying Round of 16", https://umpiry.com/match/2015-09-26/putintseva-vs-watson-wuhan-q16?utm_source=cite (as of 26 September 2015).