Daria Saville vs Heather Watson — Madrid Round of 64

Madrid · WTA · Round of 64
AUS
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 May 2016
clay
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1441Clay ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Saville D.
7-5 6-4
Watson H.
Saville D.
762
Watson H.
540

Daria Saville defeated Heather Watson 7-5 6-4 in the Madrid round of 64 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Heather Watson came in defending last year's round of 64.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Saville D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Saville D.Watson H.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
44%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.9
3.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.6
3.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Saville D.Watson H.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
64
20
Break points saved·Dominant
79
43
Break points won·Dominant
87
62
Deciding sets·Clear edge
70
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
51
13

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

Freshness

Recent load
Saville D.Watson H.
Freshness·
—
100

Watson H.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
15°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 32%

Draw

Final
Halep S.[6]
Cibulkova D.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Halep S.[6]
Stosur S.
6-26-0
Cibulkova D.
Chirico L.
6-16-1
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.
Tig P.
6-36-4
Halep S.[6]
Begu I.
6-30-66-1
Chirico L.
Saville D.
7-616-2
Cibulkova D.
Cirstea S.
4-66-36-3
R16
Tig P.
Keys M.
6-36-4
Chirico L.
Azarenka V.[4]
W/O
Cirstea S.
Siegemund L.
6-47-69
Cibulkova D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
2-66-37-5
Stosur S.
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
4-66-26-3
Saville D.
Kvitova P.[5]
6-36-4
Begu I.
Mchale C.
6-766-46-4
Halep S.[6]
Bacsinszky T.[10]
6-26-3
R32
Stosur S.
Safarova L.[11]
W/O
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Giorgi C.
W/O
Halep S.[6]
Knapp K.
6-16-1
Chirico L.
Ivanovic A.[14]
5-76-16-3
Azarenka V.[4]
Cornet A.
6-36-2
Cirstea S.
Kovinic D.
6-37-5
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Lisicki S.
6-36-2
Saville D.
Svitolina E.[12]
6-27-64
Siegemund L.
Lucic M.
6-23-66-3
Cibulkova D.
Garcia C.
0-66-36-4
Mchale C.
Pliskova K.[13]
7-636-4
Kvitova P.[5]
Vesnina E.
6-36-3
Keys M.
Strycova B.
6-36-3
Tig P.
Stephens S.[16]
6-26-3
Bacsinszky T.[10]
Makarova K.
6-45-76-4
Begu I.
Muguruza G.[3]
5-77-646-3
R64
Cornet A.
Badosa P.
2-66-22-2
Halep S.[6]
Doi M.
6-06-3
Garcia C.
Konta J.
6-42-1
Chirico L.
Niculescu M.
7-56-1
Siegemund L.
Kuznetsova S.[9]
6-03-66-3
Safarova L.[11]
Vandeweghe C.
7-646-1
Suarez Navarro C.[8]
Babos T.
3-66-26-3
Bacsinszky T.[10]
Petkovic A.
6-42-66-3
Muguruza G.[3]
Schmiedlova A.
6-27-5
Vesnina E.
Ostapenko J.
7-56-0
Lucic M.
Mladenovic K.
6-26-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Tsurenko L.
6-26-1
Knapp K.
Gasparyan M.
4-66-36-2
Azarenka V.[4]
Robson L.
6-46-2
Cirstea S.
Jankovic J.
6-46-3
Strycova B.
Kerber A.[2]
6-46-2
Begu I.
Bouchard E.
6-43-66-4
Mchale C.
Friedsam A.
6-06-4
Svitolina E.[12]
Wickmayer Y.
4-66-36-4
Giorgi C.
Errani S.[15]
7-57-5
Pliskova K.[13]
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-1
Makarova K.
Beck A.
6-36-4
Kvitova P.[5]
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-2
Keys M.
Riske Amritraj A.
1-66-36-4
Lisicki S.
Puig M.
6-16-3
Ivanovic A.[14]
Siniakova K.
6-33-66-4
Tig P.
Kasatkina D.
6-34-66-2
Stephens S.[16]
Pereira T.
3-66-36-2
Stosur S.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-16-3
Saville D.
Watson H.
7-56-4
Kovinic D.
Vinci R.[7]
6-46-2
Cibulkova D.
Radwanska A.[1]
6-46-736-3