Heather Watson vs Polona Hercog — Monterrey Round of 16

Monterrey · WTA · Round of 16
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 February 2016
hard
Polona Hercog
SLO
Polona Hercog
#228WTA
1590ELO
1524Hard ELO
35 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWWLWWL
Watson H.
6-2 6-3
Hercog P.
Watson H.
662
Hercog P.
230

Heather Watson defeated Polona Hercog 6-2 6-3 in the Monterrey round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Polona Hercog came in ranked #228, defending last year's round of 16. Heather Watson extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-04-27PragueR32clayPolona Hercog7-5 3-6 7-6(5)
2012-10-08OsakaR32hardHeather Watson6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Hercog P.

Hercog P.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Serve advantage — Hercog P.

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.Hercog P.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.3
3.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Watson H.Hercog P.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
20
47
Break points saved·Dominant
43
68
Break points won·Clear edge
62
75
Deciding sets·Slight edge
50
44
Tiebreaks·Dominant
13
69

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

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Hercog P.
Freshness·Even
100
100

Watson H.: 18 days rest · Hercog P.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 38%

Draw

Final
Watson H.
Flipkens K.
3-66-26-3
Semi-finals
Watson H.
Garcia C.[5]
6-16-2
Flipkens K.
Kontaveit A.
7-666-4
Quarter-finals
Garcia C.[5]
Parmentier P.
7-56-2
Flipkens K.
Konta J.[4]
6-36-726-1
Kontaveit A.
Gibbs N.
6-16-4
Watson H.
Wozniacki C.[2]
7-56-4
R16
Wozniacki C.[2]
Lucic M.
6-46-4
Watson H.
Hercog P.
6-26-3
Parmentier P.
Puig M.
6-36-4
Flipkens K.
Van Uytvanck A.[6]
6-24-66-3
Kontaveit A.
Errani S.[1]
6-16-3
Konta J.[4]
Wickmayer Y.
7-667-64
Gibbs N.
Mchale C.
7-656-743-0
Garcia C.[5]
Glushko J.
6-16-2
R32
Puig M.
Zacarias M.
6-27-5
Glushko J.
Dulgheru A.
6-16-1
Garcia C.[5]
Martic P.
6-36-4
Van Uytvanck A.[6]
Falconi I.
6-46-2
Flipkens K.
Schiavone F.
6-37-65
Wickmayer Y.
Larsson J.
6-24-66-1
Konta J.[4]
Duque Marino M.
6-36-3
Gibbs N.
Kovinic D.[7]
7-56-2
Kontaveit A.
Cibulkova D.
6-46-4
Errani S.[1]
Rybarikova M.
6-13-66-4
Mchale C.
Rodriguez V.
6-06-4
Wozniacki C.[2]
Govortsova O.
6-16-2
Lucic M.
Maria T.
7-56-4
Watson H.
Doi M.
6-46-706-3
Hercog P.
Babos T.[8]
6-36-2
Parmentier P.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[3]
6-26-2