Marta Kostyuk and Taylor Townsend will face off in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.39
Taylor Townsend -> 2.97
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Taylor Townsend
This will be the 3rd time that Marta Kostyuk and Taylor Townsend square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kostyuk won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2026.
Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs Taylor Townsend – Indian Wells 07-March-2026
Marta Kostyuk
36 - 9win/loss
10
10
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-9 | 14-7 | 17-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-20 | 19-13 | 7-4 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-22 | 24-14 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 22-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 18-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10 (career-high), the Ukrainian will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 7-5 5-7 6-4 to Noskova in the 4th round on the 6th of September.
Kostyuk has a composed 36-9 win-loss record in 2026, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Rouen where she defeated Veronika Podrez in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Madrid where she defeated Mirra Andreeva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Kostyuk has an overall 282-159 record. She has a positive 148-88 record on hard.
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. See her history.
Taylor Townsend
22 - 13win/loss
98
46
WLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-13 | 17-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 20-15 | 15-10 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-20 | 21-13 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-16 | 16-9 | 12-4 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-8 | 14-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Tatjana Maria 6-7(0) 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Maria, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-70 6-3 6-2). During the match Townsend scored 100 points vs Maria’s 96. Taylor was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Townsend scored 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Townsend broke Maria 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Austin.
The American has a composed 22-13 win-loss record in 2026, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Taylor TownsendTownsend (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kayla DayDay – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
