Heather Watson career statistics – Wikipedia

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Heather Watson is a professional tennis player who has been ranked as high as No. 38 in the WTA rankings.^[1]

Watson made her professional tennis debut on the ITF Women’s Circuit at The Jersey International in 2009. She has reached one Grand Slam final, winning the mixed doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. So far in her career, Watson has won ten singles titles. This total includes four WTA Tour titles and six titles on the ITF Circuit. She also has won four doubles titles and the girls’ singles title at the US Open.

Below is a list of career achievements and titles won by Heather Watson.

Career achievements[edit]

In 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour titles, both in singles and doubles. With victories at the Bank of the West Classic and the Texas Tennis Open in women’s doubles, as well as a singles victory at the HP Open, Watson became the first British woman to win a WTA title since Jo Durie in the 1990s. This also gave her career-high rankings in both variations of competition.

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Performance timelines[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player’s participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[2]

Singles[edit]

Current after the 2023 ATX Open.

Doubles[edit]

Mixed doubles[edit]

Significant finals[edit]

Grand Slam tournaments[edit]

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[edit]

WTA career finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2012	Japan Women’s Open	International^[f]	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	7–5, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–0	Jan 2015	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Madison Brengle	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–0	Mar 2016	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Kirsten Flipkens	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Oct 2019	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Rebecca Peterson	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2020	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Leylah Fernandez	6–4, 6–7^(8–10), 6–1

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–4)
Indoors (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2012	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	Premier^[g]	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Jarmila Gajdošová Vania King	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	2–0	Aug 2012	Texas Open, United States	International	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Līga Dekmeijere Irina Falconi	6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–1	Sep 2012	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Hard (i)	Alicja Rosolska	Tatjana Malek Kristina Mladenovic	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(8–6), [7–10]
Loss	2–2	Oct 2012	Japan Women’s Open, Japan	International	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Jul 2014	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Raluca Olaru Shahar Peer	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	3–3	Oct 2016	Hong Kong Open, China	International	Hard	Naomi Broady	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	Mar 2018	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	7–5, 2–6, [10–2]
Loss	4–4	Jun 2018	Nottingham Open, UK	International	Grass	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	4–5	Feb 2019	Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary	International	Hard (i)	Fanny Stollár	Ekaterina Alexandrova Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	4–6	Mar 2021	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Caroline Dolehide Asia Muhammad	2–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–3)
Indoors (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2009	ITF Frinton, United Kingdom	10,000	Grass	Anna Fitzpatrick	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2010	ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–0	Nov 2010	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000^[h]	Hard (i)	Alizé Lim	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Sep 2011	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	75,000^[i]	Hard	Mona Barthel	0–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2014	Midland Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Ksenia Pervak	6–4, 6–0
Win	5–1	May 2014	Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic	100,000	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Loss	5–2	Jun 2017	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Magdaléna Rybáriková	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–3	Aug 2018	Vancouver Open, Canada	100,000	Hard	Misaki Doi	7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	May 2019	Fukuoka International, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Zarina Diyas	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	7–3	Aug 2019	Vancouver Open, Canada	100,000	Hard	Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Oct 2022	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	60,000	Hard (i)	Yuriko Miyazaki	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Loss	7–5	Feb 2023	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Marie Benoît	6–3, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–3)
Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2012	ITF Clearwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Naomi Broady	Ekaterine Gorgodze Alyona Sotnikova	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2012	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	Laura Robson	Eleni Daniilidou Casey Dellacqua	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2014	Midland Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Anna Tatishvili	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Win	2–2	May 2017	Empire Slovak Open	100,000	Clay	Naomi Broady	Chuang Chia-jung Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	May 2019	Fukuoka International, Japan	60,000	Carpet	Naomi Broady	Kristie Ahn Alison Bai	w/o
Loss	3–3	Jun 2019	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Yanina Wickmayer	Jennifer Brady Caroline Dolehide	3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals[edit]

Singles: 1 title[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Fed Cup participation[edit]

Great Britain Fed Cup team. This table is current through the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup.^[3]

Legend
World Group Play-off / Finals Qualifying Round (1–1)
World Group 2 Play-off / Finals Play-off (2–6)
Zone Group (27–7)

Singles: 33 (22–11)[edit]

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result
2011	Z1 RR	Feb 2011	Eilat (ISR)	Switzerland	Hard	Timea Bacsinszky	L	1–6, 3–6
				Denmark		Karen Barbat	W	6–0, 6–1
				Croatia		Silvia Njirić	W	6–2, 7–5
2013	Z1 RR	Feb 2013	Eilat (ISR)	BiH	Hard	Anita Husarić	W	6–3, 6–4
				Portugal		Michelle Larcher de Brito	L	1–6, 4–6
				Hungary		Tímea Babos	W	6–3, 6–2
				Bulgaria		Tsvetana Pironkova	W	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
2014	Z1 RR	Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	Hard (i)	Jeļena Ostapenko	W	7–5, 6–1
				Romania		Sorana Cîrstea	W	6–7^(7–9), 6–1, 6–4
				Hungary		Réka-Luca Jani	W	6–4, 6–1
				Austria		Yvonne Meusburger	W	6–4, 6–2
2015^[4]	Z1 RR	Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Liechtenstein	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	W	6–2, 6–3
				Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
				Ukraine		Elina Svitolina	W	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
	Z1 PO			Belarus		Victoria Azarenka	L	4–6, 1–6
2016^[5]	Z1 RR	Feb 2016	Eilat (ISR)	Georgia	Hard (i)	Sofia Shapatava	W	6–2, 6–0
	Z1 RR			South Africa		Chanel Simmonds	W	6–3, 6–3
	Z1 PO			Belgium		Alison Van Uytvanck	L	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
2017	Z1 RR	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Inês Murta	W	6–1, 6–1
				Latvia		Diāna Marcinkēviča	W	6–3, 6–0
				Turkey		İpek Soylu	W	6–0, 6–1
	Z1 PO			Croatia		Donna Vekić	W	6–2, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Apr 2017	Constanța (ROU)	Romania	Clay	Simona Halep	L	4–6, 1–6
	WG2 PO	Apr 2017	Constanța (ROU)	Romania	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	L	4–6, 5–7
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Francisca Jorge	W	6–4, 6–2
	Z1 RR			Estonia		Katriin Saar	W	6–1, 6–1
	Z1 PO			Hungary		Dalma Gálfi	W	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
	WG2 PO	Apr 2018	Miki (JPN)	Japan	Hard (i)	Naomi Osaka	L	2–6, 3–6
	WG2 PO	Apr 2018	Miki (JPN)	Japan	Hard (i)	Kurumi Nara	L	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
2020–21	F QR	Feb 2020	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	L	2–6, 3–6
	F QR	Feb 2020	Bratislava (SVK)	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Rebecca Šramková	W	6–0, 7–5
	F PO	Apr 2021	London (GBR)	Mexico	Hard (i)	Giuliana Olmos	W	7–5, 6–1
	F PO	Apr 2021	London (GBR)	Mexico	Hard (i)	Marcela Zacarías	L	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)

Doubles: 11 (8–3)[edit]

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
2011	Z1 RR	Feb 2011	Eilat (ISR)	Switzerland	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Timea Bacsinszky Amra Sadiković	W	6–4, 6–3
2011	Z1 RR	Feb 2011	Eilat (ISR)	Denmark	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Mai Grage Caroline Wozniacki	W	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
2012	Z1 RR	Feb 2012	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	Hard	Laura Robson	Maria João Koehler Michelle Larcher de Brito	W	7–5, 6–0
				Netherlands		Laura Robson	Kiki Bertens Bibiane Schoofs	W	7–5, 7–6^(7–5)
				Israel		Laura Robson	Julia Glushko Keren Shlomo	W	6–2, 6–1
	WG2 PO	Apr 2012	Borås (SWE)	Sweden	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	Ellen Allgurin Hilda Melander	W	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2013	Z1 RR	Feb 2013	Eilat (ISR)	Portugal	Hard	Laura Robson	Michelle Larcher de Brito Joana Valle Costa	W	6–2, 6–1
2014	Z1 RR	Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Latvia	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–1, 5–7, 6–7^(5–7)
2014	Z1 RR	Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Romania	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	L	0–6, 2–6
2017	Z1 PO	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Croatia	Hard (i)	Johanna Konta	Darija Jurak Ana Konjuh	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2018	WG2 PO	Apr 2018	Miki (JPN)	Japan	Hard (i)	Johanna Konta	Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya	L	6–3, 3–6, 3–6

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Watson’s record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[6]

Player	Record	Won %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Karolína Plíšková	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2014 Prague
Caroline Wozniacki	1–2	33%	1–1	–	0–1	Lost (2–6, 6–3, 5–7) at 2017 Eastbourne
Ashleigh Barty	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–7^(3–7)) at 2021 Cincinnati
Ana Ivanovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2015 Luxembourg
Jelena Janković	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–2, 3–6) at 2015 Wuhan
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 5–7) at 2015 Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2018 Fed Cup
Maria Sharapova	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (7–6^(11–9), 3–6, 4–6) at 2012 Tokyo
Iga Świątek	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7) at 2021 Eastbourne
Venus Williams	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 0–6) at 2018 San Jose
Simona Halep	0–3	0%	0–1	0–2	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2017 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
Angelique Kerber	0–3	0%	0–2	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2017 Monterrey
Victoria Azarenka	0–6	0%	0–4	–	0–2	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2018 Indian Wells
Number 2 ranked players
Paula Badosa	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Beijing
Aryna Sabalenka	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–2) at 2017 Cagnes-sur-Mer
Anett Kontaveit	2–4	33%	1–3	1–0	0–1	Lost (7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Australian Open
Ons Jabeur	1–2	33%	0–1	1–0	0–1	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2021 Birmingham
Agnieszka Radwańska	1–3	25%	1–2	–	0–1	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2015 Indian Wells
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2016 French Open
Li Na	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2012 US Open
Vera Zvonareva	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2011 Eastbourne
Number 3 ranked players
Sloane Stephens	5–3	63%	4–1	1–1	0–1	Lost (7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 1–6) at 2021 Indian Wells
Elina Svitolina	2–2	50%	1–1	–	1–1	Won (4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)) at 2022 Miami
Maria Sakkari	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2019 Nottingham
Number 4 ranked players
Caroline Garcia	2–0	100%	1–0	–	1–0	Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2016 Monterrey
Dominika Cibulková	2–1	67%	1–1	–	1–0	Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2017 Eastbourne
Belinda Bencic	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2022 Miami
Samantha Stosur	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–0) at 2017 Australian Open
Kimiko Date-Krumm	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2013 Seoul
Kiki Bertens	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2014 Cagnes-sur-Mer
Johanna Konta	0–4	0%	0–3	0–1	–	Lost (6–7^(1–7), 1–6) at 2020 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová	1–1	50%	0–1	–	1–0	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2015 Wimbledon
Lucie Šafářová	1–1	50%	1–0	–	0–1	Lost (6–7^(5–7), 1–6) at 2012 Eastbourne
Sara Errani	1–3	25%	0–2	1–1	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2021 Rome
Number 6 ranked players
Flavia Pennetta	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–2) at 2014 Eastbourne
Carla Suárez Navarro	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2015 Rome
Number 7 ranked players
Nicole Vaidišová	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 7–6^(12–10), 7–6^(7–4)) at 2010 Hammond
Roberta Vinci	2–1	67%	1–0	1–0	0–1	Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2015 Rome
Madison Keys	0–2	0%	–	–	0–2	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2014 Eastbourne
Number 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 3–6) at 2018 US Open
Number 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (4–6, 6–4, 6–4) at 2020 Acapulco
Julia Görges	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	Won (6–4, 5–7, 6–3) at 2015 Indian Wells
Andrea Petkovic	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2015 Toronto
Number 10 ranked players
Kristina Mladenovic	1–5	17%	1–3	0–2	–	Lost (7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 3–6) at 2018 Eastbourne
Maria Kirilenko	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2012 Olympics
Total	33–75	31%	21–46 (31%)	6–10 (38%)	6–19 (24%)	last updated 16 September 2022