Heather Watson vs Chang Liu — Wuhan Qualifying Round 1

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#527WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 September 2016
hard
CHN
Chang Liu
35 yrs · 160 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Watson H.
6-1 0-6 6-4
Liu C.
Watson H.
6062
Liu C.
1641

Heather Watson defeated Chang Liu 6-1 0-6 6-4 in the Wuhan qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Heather Watson came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 0–6 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving50% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Watson H.

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
Watson H.Liu C.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
51%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.3
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
5.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 11). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Liu C.
Freshness·
100
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Watson H.: 16 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Cornet A.
Bondarenko K.
6-26-1
Watson H.
Crawford S.
7-636-2
Kulichkova E.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-726-36-4
Kasatkina D.
Parmentier P.
6-26-3
Chirico L.
Mchale C.
6-37-63
Siniakova K.
Duan Y.
6-36-3
Mattek Sands B.
Min G.
6-26-4
Goerges J.
Wang Q.
7-57-62
Q1
Parmentier P.
Paszek T.
6-13-1
Crawford S.
Klepac A.
6-26-1
Mattek Sands B.
Zhang K.
6-16-3
Min G.
Konjuh A.
6-06-0
Duan Y.
Ferrando C.
6-26-1
Siniakova K.
Han X.
6-46-0
Chirico L.
Erakovic M.
4-67-666-3
Mchale C.
Zhu L.
6-06-2
Kasatkina D.
Hradecka L.
6-44-67-5
Wang Q.
Wang Y.
6-37-5
Goerges J.
Krunic A.
6-26-2
Kulichkova E.
Gibbs N.
5-77-666-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Rodionova A.
6-01-66-4
Bondarenko K.
Maria T.
5-76-36-3
Cornet A.
Brady J.
7-57-64
Watson H.
Liu C.
6-10-66-4