Taylor Townsend and Maria Timofeeva will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Townsend who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.23
Maria Timofeeva -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Maria Timofeeva

There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Maria Timofeeva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
98
High
46
WLLLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-10 5-6 2-3 0-1 1-0 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. 108, Taylor reached the qualifications after defeating Natalija Stevanovic 7-61 6-2 and Kaja Juvan 1-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Juvan, Townsend recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Townsend scored less points (1) than Juvan. In fact, the world no. 108 won 86 points vs Juvan’s. That means that Townsend was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Townsend made 2 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 70% of her first serves in, winning 59% (37/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Juvan 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.

Townsend has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (216-125). 11-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Townsend has an aggregate 102-37 record in the last years on clay.

Taylor’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Florence.

The American has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Townsend's Record

Maria Timofeeva

Maria Timofeeva

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
275
High
93
LLLWLLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-18 2-3 7-8 5-6 0-1 0-0
2024 21-21 14-10 4-8 3-2 0-1 0-0
2023 30-19 15-6 10-6 5-5 0-2 0-0
2022 34-21 21-11 7-7 6-3 0-0 0-0
2021 40-19 22-11 13-4 3-3 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 208 (career-high), Maria reached the qualifications after beating Marina Melnikova 6-2 6-1 and Maja Chwalinska 1-6 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications against Chwalinska, Maria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Timofeeva scored 85 points vs Chwalinska’s 75. Timofeeva was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Timofeeva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Timofeeva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Timofeeva put 63% of her first serves in, winning 55% (24/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Timofeeva broke Chwalinska 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maria started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W40 Monastir where she beat Sakura Hosogi in the final 7-5 6-4.

Maria has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Timofeeva has never competed in this tournament before.

French Open
Timofeeva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Townsend
M.Timofeeva
3h:19
3h:19
Time on court​
3h:15
3h:15
1h:52
1h:52
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
2
2
Match played
2
2
47
47
Games Played​
37
37
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
161
161
Total points​
143
143
80.5
80.5
Avg point​
71.5
71.5
69
69
Winners
41
41
34.5
34.5
Avg Winners​
20.5
20.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
2
2
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
69/105
69/105
1st won total​
41/72
41/72
66%
66%
1st won %
57%
57%
24/41
24/41
2nd won total​
23/41
23/41
59%
59%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
BP won
13/21
13/21
3.5/8.5
3.5/8.5
Avg BP won
6.5/10.5
6.5/10.5
41%
41%
Won
!
62%
62%
11
11
Conceded
14
14
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
7
7
5
5
Broken
6
6
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
3
3
6
6
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Townsend Timofeeva
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 47 37
Pts 161-140 143-111
Total Points 301 254
Winners 69 41
%Winners 43% 29%

Both Townsend and Timofeeva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Townsend dropped 1 set, while Maria Timofeeva dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Townsend and Timofeeva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Townsend played 10 games more than Timofeeva. Townsend scored 69 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Timofeeva made 41 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve Townsend Timofeeva
Aces 4 0
Avg per match 2 0
1st in 105/146 72/113
%1st in 72% 64%
1st pts 69/105 41/72
%1st pts 66% 57%
2nd pts 24/41 23/41
%2nd pts 59% 56%

Townsend managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Timofeeva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Townsend won 66% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Timofeeva won 57% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Townsend Timofeeva
Won 7 13
Converted 7/17 13/21
% Converted 41% 62%
Conceded 11 14
Saved 6 8
% Saved 55% 57%
Times Broken 5 6

Taylor broke her opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Taylor surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Townsend
Q1
Kostic
Q2
Juvan
Total
Score 7-61 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 26 47
pts 75-53 86-87 161-140
Total points 128 173 301
Winners 32 37 69
%Winners 43% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4
Double Faults 2 0 2
1st in 42/56 63/90 105/146
% 1st in 75% 70% 72%
1st pts 32/42 37/63 69/105
% 1st pts 76% 59% 66%
2nd pts 9/14 15/27 24/41
% 2nd pts 64% 56% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/8 4/9 7/17
Converted % 38% 44% 41%
Conceded 1 10 11
Saved 0/1 6/10 6
Saved % 0% 60% 30%
Times Broken 1 4 5
Timofeeva
Q1
Melnikova
Q2
Chwalinska
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 1-6 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 15 22 37
pts 58-36 85-75 143-111
Total points 94 160 254
Winners 17 24 41
%Winners 29% 28% 29%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 28/43 44/70 72/113
% 1st in 65% 63% 64%
1st pts 17/28 24/44 41/72
% 1st pts 61% 55% 57%
2nd pts 8/15 15/26 23/41
% 2nd pts 53% 58% 56%
Breaks
Won 7 6 13
Converted 7/8 6/13 13/21
Converted % 88% 46% 62%
Conceded 4 10 14
Saved 2/4 6/10 8
Saved % 50% 60% 55%
Times Broken 2 4 6

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