Nicole Gibbs vs Heather Watson — Beijing Qualifying Round 1

Beijing · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
USA
Nicole Gibbs
33 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 October 2017
hard
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Gibbs N.
6-7 6-4 6-4
Watson H.
Gibbs N.
63662
Watson H.
77441

Nicole Gibbs defeated Heather Watson 6-7 6-4 6-4 in the Beijing qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Heather Watson came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Nicole Gibbs narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-03-06Indian WellsR128hardHeather Watson4-6 6-2 6-2
2016-05-23Roland GarrosR128clayHeather Watson5-7 6-2 6-2
2014-09-15SeoulR32hardNicole Gibbs7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Gibbs N.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Gibbs N.

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
Gibbs N.Watson H.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.2
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (88 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Gibbs N.Watson H.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
2
20
Break points saved·Clear edge
28
43
Break points won·Slight edge
51
62
Deciding sets·Dominant
17
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
38
12

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

Freshness

Recent load
Gibbs N.Watson H.
Freshness·
—
100

Watson H.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Petkovic A.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-06-4
Lepchenko V.
Sasnovich A.
0-66-36-4
Witthoeft C.
Jabeur O.
6-46-1
Mchale C.
Gibbs N.
6-43-66-4
Linette M.
Gao X.
6-22-66-1
Brengle M.
Hsieh S.
6-36-2
Arruabarrena L.
Diyas Z.
3-66-37-5
Brady J.
Puig M.
6-46-4
Q1
Brengle M.
Han X.
6-46-1
Sasnovich A.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-36-0
Lepchenko V.
Liu F.
4-66-46-4
Petkovic A.
Haddad Maia B.
6-36-3
Sorribes Tormo S.
Ahn K.
6-736-47-5
Diyas Z.
Dabrowski G.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Liu Y.
6-16-1
Hsieh S.
Lu J.
2-66-36-3
Brady J.
Kovinic D.
6-46-1
Puig M.
Teichmann J.
6-46-1
Witthoeft C.
Cabrera L.
6-06-2
Jabeur O.
Xun F.
6-36-2
Gibbs N.
Watson H.
6-736-46-4
Linette M.
Chang K.
6-26-2
Gao X.
Cepede Royg V.
6-42-66-1
Mchale C.
Sabalenka A.
1-66-16-4