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Heather Watson #125 def. Veronika Kudermetova #45

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 2019*
Tournament	Tianjin
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Heather Watson
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Veronika Kudermetova

Stat	Heather Watson	Veronika Kudermetova
Aces	3	5
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	61	46
First serve points won %	88	71
Second serve points won %	52	39
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	74	54
Return points won %	46	26
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Heather Watson	Veronika Kudermetova
Country	GBR	RUS
Birth date	May 19, 1992	Apr 24, 1997
Age	27	22
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	125	45
Ranking points (entering)	520	1,244
Elo (entering)	1,605	1,790
Career W-L	144–195	205–152
Career earnings	$6,094,389	$10,680,692

Pre-match H2H

Heather Watson 0 – 0 Veronika Kudermetova

Path

Heather Watson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2019	QF	Magda Linette	7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2019	R16	Qiang Wang	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2019	R32	Kateryna Volodko	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Heather Watson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2019	F	Rebecca Peterson	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Veronika Kudermetova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2019	QF	Dayana Yastremska	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2019	R16	Saisai Zheng	5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2019	R32	Ajla Tomljanovic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data