Heather Watson is a professional tennis player.
Heather Miriam Watson ( born 19 May 1992 ) is a British tennis player and a Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion . 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 .