Heather Watson
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Watson at the 2015 French Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain,  Guernsey
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| Born |
19 May 1992 Saint Peter Port, Guernsey |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,176,819 |
| Official website | facebook.com/heatherwatsontennis |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 219–161 (57.63%) |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 38 (19 January 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 72 (6 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2012, 2015) |
| US Open | 1R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2012, 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 78–89 (46.71%) |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 45 (15 April 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 83 (6 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2015, 2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2013, 2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2016) |
| US Open | 2R (2016) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 8–7 (53.33%) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | — |
| French Open | 1R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | W (2016) |
| US Open | — |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) |
| Last updated on: 22 August 2016. | |
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| Tennis | ||
| Representing Guernsey
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| Commonwealth Youth Games | ||
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2008 Pune | Singles |
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British tennis player and a Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion. She is a former British No.1 and current British No. 2.
She holds the Mixed Doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Henri Kontinen.
On 14 October 2012, Watson won her first WTA singles title with a win over Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan in the final of the Japan Open, becoming the first British female to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988.
In her junior career, Watson won the US Open and gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She had been as high as No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit.
Heather Watson was born 19 May 1992 in Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guinea and her father is British, the managing director of Guernsey Electricity from 1995 until retirement in 2010. She has one brother and two sisters. Heather Watson started playing tennis at the age of seven, and at age twelve she went to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, United States.
In 2006, Watson won the British Under-14 Championship. The following year she won the British Under-16 Championship, and reached the semi-finals of the British Under-18 Championship. She lost in the Under-18 semi-finals again in 2008 to eventual winner Tara Moore. In October, Watson travelled to Pune in India to compete at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. There she won the gold medal, winning the final against Kyra Shroff. Mother Michelle left her job in 2008 to travel full-time with Heather Watson around the world junior circuit.
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