LIVE RANKINGS. Townsend improves her ranking ahead of taking on Mertens in Miami

See the the live rankings of Taylor Townsend before squaring off with Elise Mertens in the 2nd round of the Miami Open

Thursday Live Ranking Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend is about to play against Elise Mertens on Thursday the 21st of March in Miami. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Taylor Townsend is right now ranked no.72 with 974 points as the American no.10.

On the other side, Elise Mertens is right now ranked no.28 positioned as Belgian no.1 with 1756 points preceding Greetje Minnen who has 908 points and is ranked no.79.

Live Rankings

Townsend is 5 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.67. Her career-best rank was no.61.

Depending on the other results, Taylor Townsend may gain 1 place to be the new world no.66 if she wins the next encounter.

Townsend will have no points to defend in the next 4 weeks.

In her live rankings, out of 1004 points, Taylor has gained 693 points (69%) on Hard Court, 250 points (25%) on Clay, 31 points (3%) on Grass and 30 points (3%) on Indoor.

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Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Townsend is still ranked no.81 occupying the position of American no.11.

VERY IMPORTANT! Live rankings change frequently. Click the following buttons to check the last movements.

H2H Taylor Townsend vs. Elise Mertens

Townsend and Mertens have never played against each other so far on the main tour.

Townsend in Miami, ranking, and results in 2024

Taylor Townsend

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
21-13
Clay
2-4
Grass
0-3
28 year old
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2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.72, Taylor has achieved a compiled 9-6 match record in 2024. Taylor is currently playing in Miami where she bested Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-4, Emina Bektas 6-2 5-7 6-3 and Lucia Bronzetti 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Taylor Townsend will play the world no.28 Elise Mertens in the 2nd round on Thursday at 11:00 am on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. They have never played each other up to now in top competitions.

Townsend
Miami
Townsend's Record
Townsend
Projected
Draw

Elise Mertens in 2024

Elise Mertens

27 - 25win/loss

Hard
17-15
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-5
Grass
3-4
28 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.28, Elise played her last match on the 13th of March when she was defeated by world no.3 Coco Gauff 6-0 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells (draw).

Currently, during this year Elise has managed to achieve a compiled 10-7 win-loss record. Elise Mertens’s best result of the present year was getting to the final in Hobart.

Mertens
Indian Wells
Mertens's Record