Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend will face off in the 1^st round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11 am on Court 7. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.53
Taylor Townsend -> 2.50

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Jessica Pegula

Ranked no. 66, Jessica will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Williams in the final the 12^th of January.

Jessica has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Auckland.

Talking about her overall career, Pegula has an overall 76-63 record. She has positive 39-34 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Jessica didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2019.

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 79, Taylor will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 5-7 6-3 7-5 to Garcia in the 1^st round the 6^th of January.

The American has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2020, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The American has an overall 86-68 record. She has positive 60-42 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Taylor lost in the 1^st round 6-4 6-2 to Sloane Stephens.

Head 2 Head

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Jessica
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Taylor
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3

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58

High

57

Win Loss

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14 - 6

12 - 9

11-5

Hard

10-7

3-1

Clay

2-2

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Pegula

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Townsend