Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.097
Taylor Townsend -> 7.1
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Taylor Townsend
This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Townsend won 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Highlights Taylor Townsend vs Jessica Pegula – Australian Open 22-January-2020
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 35-12 | 11-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Pegula will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-4 0-6 6-4 to Kudermetova in the quarter on the 3rd of May.
Pegula has a compiled 27-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Jessica has an overall 362-220 record. She has a positive 111-70 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
Taylor Townsend
| 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 |
Ranked no. 168, Townsend reached the 2nd round after defeating Mirjam Bjorklund 6-2 6-3, Dalma Galfi 7-5 6-4 and Ysaline Bonaventure 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Bonaventure, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Townsend scored 99 points vs Bonaventure’s 86. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Townsend struck 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 72% of her first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bonaventure 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
The American has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Taylor has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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