Heather Watson
WTA #388Elo#2871722
Glicko-2#2551766 RD ±63.3
34 yrs · 170 cm · right-handed, two-handed backhand · strongest on Grass · 407–360 career · peak Elo 2206 · last 2026-08-28
Heather Watson is WTA No. 388, but the model puts Watson at #287 by Elo (1722) — 101 places higher. 5 wins in the last 10 matches on record. Strongest surface: Hard, 288–240.
Elo — overall & by surface
Form is the last 52 weeks only — 15 places below the overall Elo rank, so it is not comparable to the ratings above.
Glicko-2 — rating & deviation
Rating deviation ±63.3 — lower means more certain.
Rankings · Elo / Glicko
Official (WTA)#388
Overall#287 / #255
Form · 52w race#302 / #338
Hard#192 / #185
Clay#757 / #930
Grass#151 / #160
Career
Peak Elo2206 2013-01-01
Overall W–L407–360 53%
Hard288–240 55%
Clay51–54 49%
Grass61–65 48%
Honours · career
Career titles4
Finals reached5
Career high WTA#38
Pressure · career
Finals4–1 80%
Deciding set100–101 50%
Tie-breaks73–78 48%
Deciding-set tie-breaks13–12 52%
After winning set 1216–47 82%
After losing set 152–235 18%
Vs No. 10–4 0%
Vs Top 50–14 0%
Vs Top 103–19 14%
Excludes retirements and walkovers.
Serve & return · career rates
1st serve in59.6%
Won behind 1st65.0%
Won behind 2nd44.4%
Break points saved55.1%
Break points converted45.2%
Return points won43.6%
Aces per match3.5
Double faults per match3.5
From 561 tour-level matches with point-by-point data (73% of the career record; the rest has none). Rates, not totals.
◆ By season
Win–loss by calendar year, from the ratings dataset| Season | W–L |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 15–13 54% |
| 2025 | 14–17 45% |
| 2024 | 26–20 57% |
| 2023 | 32–26 55% |
| 2022 | 29–26 53% |
| 2021 | 11–21 34% |
| 2020 | 20–11 65% |
| 2019 | 27–22 55% |
| 2018 | 26–29 47% |
| 2017 | 34–28 55% |
| 2016 | 25–24 51% |
| 2015 | 27–26 51% |
| 2014 | 25–18 58% |
| 2013 | 17–22 44% |
| 2012 | 32–22 59% |
| 2011 | 29–21 58% |
| 2010 | 8–10 44% |
| 2009 | 9–3 75% |
| 2008 | 1–1 50% |
◆ Recent results
LHard v Harriet Dart6-2 4-6 1-6
Harriet Dart6-2 4-6 1-6WHard v 
Angela Fita Boluda6-4 5-7 7-6
Angela Fita Boluda6-4 5-7 7-6WHard v 
Claire Liu4-6 6-2 6-4
Claire Liu4-6 6-2 6-4LHard v 
Anna Blinkova2-6 5-7
Anna Blinkova2-6 5-7LHard v Julieta Pareja4-6 6-3 5-7
Julieta Pareja4-6 6-3 5-7WHard v 
Kamilla Rakhimova7-6 7-6
Kamilla Rakhimova7-6 7-6LGrass v Maria Timofeeva6-3 2-6 1-6
Maria Timofeeva6-3 2-6 1-6WGrass v 
Tatiana Prozorova5-7 6-3 7-5
Tatiana Prozorova5-7 6-3 7-5WGrass v 
Mayar Sherif6-2 6-2
Mayar Sherif6-2 6-2LGrass v 
Shuai Zhang3-6 4-6
Shuai Zhang3-6 4-6WGrass v 
Beatriz Haddad Maia7-5 6-0
Beatriz Haddad Maia7-5 6-0LGrass v 
Viktoria Hruncakova6-3 4-6 5-7
Viktoria Hruncakova6-3 4-6 5-7