James Watt vs Antoine Ghibaudo

Birmingham · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Semi-final

NZLALT

James Watt

#852ATP

1328ELO

1360Grass ELO

26 yrs · 206 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

LWLLWWWLLL

2 — 0

Sets

Sunday, 31 May 2026 · 12:10

grass

Court 5 · 2nd on

FRA11

Antoine Ghibaudo

#359ATP

1475ELO

1454Grass ELO

21 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

WLLLWLLLLL

Watt J.

7-6 6-4

Ghibaudo A.

Watt J.

7⁷62

Ghibaudo A.

6²40

James Watt broke serve in the second set to take control and defeat Antoine Ghibaudo 7-6 6-4 in the Birmingham qualifying semi-final.

Key context

Pressure points: James Watt converted 1 of 2 break points; Antoine Ghibaudo converted 0 of 2 break points.

Pressure & serve by court

Watt J.

Ghibaudo A.

Break points won

1/2

0/2

Break points saved

2/2

1/2

Break points from this match. Serve-by-court shows the share of service points won from each side of the court; the court side alternates every point.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Watt J.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Ghibaudo A.

Ghibaudo A.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Watt J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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

Watt J.Ghibaudo A.

1st serve in·Clear edge

72%

58%

1st serve points won·Even

73%

69%

2nd serve points won·Even

55%

53%

Service points won·Slight edge

68%

62%

Return points won·Even

35%

38%

Break points saved·Slight edge

58%

67%

Aces / match·Dominant

8.9

3.2

Double faults / match·Slight edge

2.3

2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (10 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match

Watt J.

4.7

Heavy underdogUmpiry Score

Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)

Ghibaudo A.

6.1

Even matchUmpiry Score

Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)

Form & Matchup

3.8Grass Elo 1407

Surface ELO

6.2+98 Grass Elo edge

3.3Overall Elo 1348

ELO gap

6.7Overall Elo 1485

3.0Trails 0–1 on grass

H2H

7.0Leads 1–0 on grass

5.83 of last 5 on grass

Surface form

7.75 of last 7 on grass

0.0Lost last 3

Win streak

0.0Lost last 3

Fatigue & Travel

3.0Clay → Grass

Surface transition

3.0Clay → Grass

Context

5.0Didn't play here last year

Defending pts

5.0Didn't play here last year

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