Ajla Tomljanovic

and Taylor Townsend will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.50
Taylor Townsend -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 2nd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Taylor Townsend face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Townsend won 6-3 2-6 6-2 in the final in the Waco back in 2017.

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ajla Tomljanovic

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Rank
83
High
32
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-26 14-15 8-6 0-1 5-4 0-0
2024 22-20 12-12 2-4 0-1 8-3 0-0
2023 7-3 2-2 5-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 38-27 19-14 7-6 5-4 7-3 0-0
2021 30-24 11-12 10-6 3-3 6-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 63, Ajla got to the 1st round after defeating Clara Tauson 6-2 6-3 and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 4-6 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications against Parrizas-Diaz, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 98 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 76. Tomljanovic was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tomljanovic bagged 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 63% of her first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Parrizas-Diaz 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Tomljanovic has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (251-205). 11-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomljanovic has an aggregate 138-113 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has a composed 25-19 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Tomljanovic's Record

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

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Rank
119
High
46
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 222, Townsend got to the 1st round after defeating Anna Bondar 7-62 6-4 and Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Stearns, Townsend recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Townsend scored 100 points vs Stearns’s 88. The American was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Townsend bagged 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve 4 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 71% of her first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Stearns 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The American has an overall 16-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cincinnati
Townsend's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Tomljanovic
T.Townsend
3h:23
3h:23
Time on court​
3h:46
3h:46
!
2h:09
2h:09
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
50
50
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
161
161
Total points​
183
183
80.5
80.5
Avg point​
91.5
91.5
60
60
Winners
82
82
30
30
Avg Winners​
41
41
37%
37%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
10
10
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
60/81
60/81
1st won total​
82/118
82/118
!
74%
74%
1st won %
69%
69%
21/51
21/51
2nd won total​
20/41
20/41
41%
41%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
12/22
12/22
BP won
8/24
8/24
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
4/12
4/12
!
55%
55%
Won
33%
33%
7
7
Conceded
21
21
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
10.5
10.5
5
5
Broken
6
6
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tomljanovic Townsend
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 41 50
Pts 161-118 183-156
Total Points 279 339
Winners 60 82
%Winners 37% 45%

Both Tomljanovic and Townsend played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ajla Tomljanovic lost 1 set, while Taylor Townsend lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tomljanovic and Townsend have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Tomljanovic played 9 games less than Townsend. Tomljanovic scored 60 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Townsend fired 82 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tomljanovic Townsend
Aces 5 10
Avg per match 2.5 5
1st in 81/132 118/159
%1st in 61% 74%
1st pts 60/81 82/118
%1st pts 74% 69%
2nd pts 21/51 20/41
%2nd pts 41% 49%

Tomljanovic made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Townsend made 10 aces (5 per match). Tomljanovic won 74% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tomljanovic Townsend
Won 12 8
Converted 12/22 8/24
% Converted 55% 33%
Conceded 7 21
Saved 2 15
% Saved 29% 71%
Times Broken 5 6

Tomljanovic broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. Townsend broke her opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Tomljanovic
Q1
Tauson		 Q3
Parrizas-Diaz		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 24 41
pts 63-42 98-76 161-118
Total points 105 174 279
Winners 24 36 60
%Winners 38% 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 2 4 6
1st in 29/49 52/83 81/132
% 1st in 59% 63% 61%
1st pts 24/29 36/52 60/81
% 1st pts 83% 69% 74%
2nd pts 9/20 12/31 21/51
% 2nd pts 45% 39% 41%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/9 7/13 12/22
Converted % 56% 54% 55%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 1/3 1/4 2
Saved % 33% 25% 29%
Times Broken 2 3 5
Townsend
Q1
Bondar		 Q3
Stearns		 Total
Score 7-62 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 23 27 50
pts 83-68 100-88 183-156
Total points 151 188 339
Winners 40 42 82
%Winners 48% 42% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 7 10
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 57/73 61/86 118/159
% 1st in 78% 71% 74%
1st pts 40/57 42/61 82/118
% 1st pts 70% 69% 69%
2nd pts 9/16 11/25 20/41
% 2nd pts 56% 44% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/7 5/17 8/24
Converted % 43% 29% 33%
Conceded 6 15 21
Saved 4/6 11/15 15
Saved % 67% 73% 70%
Times Broken 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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