Heather Watson is not a tennis player.
The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually at Flushing Meadows , starting on the last Monday in August and lasting for two weeks . Heather Watson . 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 . Johanna `` Jo '' Konta ( [ ` kɒntə ] born 17 May 1991 ) is a British tennis player who represented Australia until 2012 . The Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King , is the principal organizing body of women 's professional tennis .