Heather Watson vs Claire Liu — San Jose Round of 32

San Jose · WTA · Round of 32
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#470WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2018
hard
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1635Hard ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Watson H.
6-4 3-6 6-4
Liu C.
Watson H.
6362
Liu C.
4641

Heather Watson defeated Claire Liu 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the San Jose round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Claire Liu came in ranked #111, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Heather Watson claimed a first win over Claire Liu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Heather Watson closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-04-04CharlestonR64clayClaire Liu6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Watson H.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Even serve battle

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·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
55%
Aces / match·Even
3.3
3.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Watson H.Liu C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
20
61
Break points saved·Clear edge
43
64
Break points won·Clear edge
62
78
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
13
67

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

Freshness

Recent load
Watson H.Liu C.
Freshness·Dominant
100
75

Watson H.: 18 days rest · Liu C.: 1 day rest · 2 matches, 37 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Sakkari M.
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Mertens E.[4]
4-66-36-1
Sakkari M.
Collins D.
3-67-56-2
Quarter-finals
Collins D.
Azarenka V.
6-743-0
Mertens E.[4]
Konta J.
7-646-3
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Tomljanovic A.
6-17-5
Sakkari M.
Williams V.[3]
6-47-62
R16
Williams V.[3]
Watson H.
6-44-66-0
Collins D.
Lapko V.
6-13-66-1
Azarenka V.
Blinkova A.
6-16-0
Sakkari M.
Babos T.[8]
6-06-1
Mertens E.[4]
Kratzer A.
6-26-0
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Anisimova A.
7-52-66-1
Tomljanovic A.
Frech M.
6-43-66-3
Konta J.
Kenin S.
6-16-4
R32
Watson H.
Liu C.
6-43-66-4
Lapko V.
Zhang S.[7]
7-626-0
Kenin S.
Cepede Royg V.
6-46-4
Konta J.
Williams S.[6]
6-16-0
Anisimova A.
Wang Q.
6-27-5
Azarenka V.
Bondarenko K.
6-36-777-5
Tomljanovic A.
Garcia Perez G.
6-46-1
Sakkari M.
Mchale C.
6-26-2
Buzarnescu M.[5]
Vickery S.
6-34-66-3
Babos T.[8]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-2
Collins D.
Lao D.
7-626-3
Kratzer A.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-44-67-5