Heather Watson vs Donna Vekic — Hobart Quarter-final

Hobart · WTA · Quarter-final
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#527WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 January 2018
hard
Donna Vekic
CRO
Donna Vekic
#34WTA
1807ELO
1736Hard ELO
$625kYTD
$11MCAREER
30 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWWLWL
Watson H.
6-0 6-4
Vekic D.
Watson H.
662
Vekic D.
040

Heather Watson defeated Donna Vekic 6-0 6-4 in the Hobart quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Donna Vekic came in ranked #34. Heather Watson extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-06-14BirminghamQFgrassHeather Watson6-4 6-2
2017-02-11Fed Cup G1 PPO: CRO vs GBRRRhardHeather Watson6-2 6-4
2015-04-06CharlestonR64clayDonna Vekic6-3 4-6 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Vekic D.

Vekic D.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Serve advantage — Vekic D.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Watson H.Vekic D.
—
Serve
6
—
Return
36

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Watson H.Vekic D.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
59%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.3
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
5.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Watson H.Vekic D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
20
67
Break points saved·Dominant
43
86
Break points won·Dominant
62
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
77
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
12
33

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

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Vekic D.
Freshness·Slight edge
100
95

Watson H.: 16 days rest · Vekic D.: 11 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CPartly cloudy
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 38%

Draw

Final
Mertens E.[2]
Buzarnescu M.
6-14-66-3
Semi-finals
Buzarnescu M.
Tsurenko L.[5]
6-26-2
Mertens E.[2]
Watson H.
6-41-66-2
Quarter-finals
Watson H.
Vekic D.
6-06-4
Tsurenko L.[5]
Sabalenka A.
6-16-1
Mertens E.[2]
Niculescu M.
W/O
Buzarnescu M.
Riske Amritraj A.
7-656-1
R16
Mertens E.[2]
Haddad Maia B.
6-46-4
Niculescu M.
Lepchenko V.
6-46-2
Buzarnescu M.
Friedsam A.
7-56-4
Tsurenko L.[5]
Putintseva Y.
6-36-2
Sabalenka A.
Zhang S.[1]
7-636-4
Riske Amritraj A.
Flipkens K.
W/O
Watson H.
Fourlis J.
6-26-2
Vekic D.
Vondrousova M.
6-46-4
R32
Flipkens K.
Pliskova K.
5-77-56-3
Niculescu M.
Begu I.[6]
6-36-2
Watson H.
Cirstea S.[3]
7-56-3
Fourlis J.
Stojanovic N.
7-57-69
Vekic D.
Maria T.[7]
6-46-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Siniakova K.[8]
2-66-37-5
Friedsam A.
Van Uytvanck A.
4-67-646-4
Buzarnescu M.
Cornet A.[4]
6-26-4
Tsurenko L.[5]
Babos T.
7-626-2
Putintseva Y.
Osaka N.
6-36-3
Sabalenka A.
Bouchard E.
6-46-3
Vondrousova M.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-46-3
Zhang S.[1]
Linette M.
7-56-3
Haddad Maia B.
Cabrera L.
6-36-2
Mertens E.[2]
Nara K.
6-06-4
Lepchenko V.
Barthel M.
6-07-64