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Samsonova vs Watson 1:2: result and our tips

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Liudmila SamsonovaWTA #43Elo 1882hard 1854
1:2final6:2 5:7 6:7(3)
Heather WatsonWTA #384Elo 1601hard 1576

Our tips

Tips and chances as published: . A published tip never changes.

Our tip
Total Games: Over 17.5Won62%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Over 17.5 games in recent matches: Samsonova 19 of 20, Watson 17 of 19 (tour average 72%); Samsonova: 17 matches in a row over 17.5 games

Long shot
Total Games: Over 21.5Won33%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Over 21.5 games in recent matches: Samsonova 14 of 20, Watson 9 of 19 (tour average 44%)

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Liudmila Samsonova87%
Heather Watson13%

Elo: L. Samsonova 83% · H. Watson 17%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 L. Samsonova69%
2:1 L. Samsonova19%
2:1 H. Watson6%
2:0 H. Watson6%

First set

Liudmila Samsonova81%
Heather Watson20%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes25%
no75%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 19.0 · 48%market (no margin): 50%

The 19.0 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 20.4

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
15.583%17%89%
16.572%28%82%
17.562%38%72%
18.552%48%63%
19.544%56%55%
20.536%64%49%
21.533%67%44%

Sample: 1,004 matches

Games handicap

Liudmila Samsonova −5.556%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes17%

tour average 22%

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite lost
  • Most likely set scorewas 1:2
  • Total games Under 19.0out · 33 games
  • Games handicapnot covered
  • Tie-breaktie-break played

Match stats

Liudmila SamsonovaHeather Watson
4Aces0
8Double faults6
76%First serves in68%
67%First-serve points won65%
39%Second-serve points won55%
4/7Break points converted3/11
13/16Service games held12/16
60%Service points won62%
38%Return points won40%
106Total points won106

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

L. SamsonovaTourH. Watson
Service points won57%56%57%
Return points won42%44%43%
Service games held68%63%66%
Breaks of serve32%37%34%
Aces per service game0.250.35
Double faults per game0.420.48
Sets with a tie-break10%7%
Tie-breaks won5/113/3
Wins in straight sets62%60%
Matches in the sample4619

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Liudmila Samsonova

Heather Watson

Elo over the last year

Liudmila SamsonovaHeather Watson

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

L. SamsonovaH. Watson
Hard court15–1648%7–654%
Clay3–538%0–0
Grass3–443%3–350%

Head to head

They have not met yet.