Aoi Ito vs Heather Watson — W100 Gifu Round of 32

W100 Gifu · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
JPN
Aoi Ito
#228WTA
1549ELO
1568Hard ELO
22 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 April 2026
hard
Heather Watson
GBR
Heather Watson
#527WTA
1572ELO
1548Hard ELO
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLW
Ito A.
6-1 7-6
Watson H.
Ito A.
6772
Watson H.
165–

Aoi Ito defeated Heather Watson 6-1 7-6 in the W100 Gifu round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Aoi Ito came in ranked #228, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Aoi Ito came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ito A.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Watson H.

Watson H.serving61% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Ito A.

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
Ito A.Watson H.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
58%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
57%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
52%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.4
3.1
Double faults / match·Even
4.4
4.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (16 vs 11). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Ito A.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Watson H.
3.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Injury return: 35 days (−1.0)
Form & Matchup
5.8+20 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
4.2Hard Elo 1548
5.4Overall Elo 1549
ELO gap
4.6Overall Elo 1572
10.0No prior meetings
H2H
0.0
4.3
Surface form
3.2
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
0.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
8.5

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Ito A.Watson H.
Freshness·Even
96
100

Ito A.: 12 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Watson H.: 16 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sawangkaew M.
Jones E.
7-626-3
Semi-finals
Sawangkaew M.
Kinoshita H.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Tararudee L.
Iatcenko P.
4-67-56-2
Kinoshita H.
Koike E.
6-17-62
Jones E.
Preston T.
7-54-67-61
R16
Koike E.
Inglis M.
6-36-0
Jones E.
Shimizu A.
6-26-1
Zhu L.
Ryser V.
6-27-5
Iatcenko P.
Ito A.
5-76-26-4
Kinoshita H.
Sakatsume H.
6-36-2
Preston T.
Dart H.
7-51-66-2
Tararudee L.
Naito Y.
6-36-4
Sawangkaew M.
Hon P.
6-16-4
R32
Inglis M.
Ku Y.
3-66-26-4
Jones E.
Kimura M.
7-56-0
Sawangkaew M.
Stojsavljevic M.
6-36-3
Iatcenko P.
Saigo R.
6-26-2
Preston T.
Knutson G.
6-26-3
Ito A.
Watson H.
6-17-65
Kinoshita H.
Liang E.
6-737-56-2
Hon P.
Hosogi S.
6-47-66
Sakatsume H.
Gadecki O.
6-36-1
Ryser V.
Hontama M.
6-36-0
Tararudee L.
Swan K.
6-13-66-2
Shimizu A.
Yamaguchi M.
6-42-66-3
Koike E.
Yamada M.
6-26-1
Dart H.
Hibino N.
6-26-3
Zhu L.
Shimizu E.
6-22-66-2
Naito Y.
Thandi K.
6-16-2