Taylor Townsend and Sofia Kenin will square off in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 15. 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 Taylor Townsend who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.86
Sofia Kenin -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 4^th time that Taylor Townsend and Sofia Kenin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Townsend won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in the Waco back in 2017.

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 107, Taylor reached the qualifications after defeating Irina Maria Bara 6-3 6-1 and Noma Akugue Noha 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Akugue Noha (6-2 6-4). During the match, Townsend scored 64 points vs Akugue Noha’s 45. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Townsend made 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Taylor Townsend was quite effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Akugue Noha 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Townsend started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Townsend has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (219-127). 2-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Townsend has a composed 5-7 match record in the last years on grass.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Florence.

Townsend has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 126, Sofia got to the qualifications after defeating Irina Falconi 6-3 6-2 and Moyuka Uchijima 6-0 6-3.

In the qualifications, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Uchijima (6-0 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 56 points vs Uchijima’s 29. Kenin was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Kenin made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin was very effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of her 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kenin broke Uchijima 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sofia started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Kenin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.

Sofia has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Townsend	Kenin
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	34	32
Pts	122-84	130-86
Total Points	206	216
Winners	49	52
%Winners	40%	40%

Both Townsend and Kenin played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Townsend and Kenin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Townsend played 2 games more than Kenin. Townsend scored 49 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 52 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Townsend	Kenin
Aces	10	2
Avg per match	5	1
1st in	64/99	73/107
%1st in	65%	68%
1st pts	49/64	52/73
%1st pts	77%	71%
2nd pts	18/35	20/34
%2nd pts	51%	59%

Townsend blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Kenin fired 2 aces (1 per match). Townsend won 77% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Townsend	Kenin
Won	9	9
Converted	9/16	9/20
% Converted	56%	45%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	4	5
% Saved	67%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Taylor broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Taylor conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Townsend
	Q1 Maria Bara	Q2 Akugue	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	18	34
pts	58-39	64-45	122-84
Total points	97	109	206
Winners	22	27	49
%Winners	38%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	10
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	32/52	32/47	64/99
% 1st in	62%	68%	65%
1st pts	22/32	27/32	49/64
% 1st pts	69%	84%	77%
2nd pts	8/20	10/15	18/35
% 2nd pts	40%	67%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/7	3/9	9/16
Converted %	86%	33%	56%
Conceded	6	0	6
Saved	4/6	0/0	4
Saved %	67%	–	34%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Kenin
	Q1 Falconi	Q2 Uchijima	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	15	32
pts	74-57	56-29	130-86
Total points	131	85	216
Winners	29	23	52
%Winners	39%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	46/66	27/41	73/107
% 1st in	70%	66%	68%
1st pts	29/46	23/27	52/73
% 1st pts	63%	85%	71%
2nd pts	10/20	10/14	20/34
% 2nd pts	50%	71%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/12	4/8	9/20
Converted %	42%	50%	45%
Conceded	6	1	7
Saved	4/6	1/1	5
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	2	0	2

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