H2H, prediction of Taylor Townsend vs Sofia Kenin in Wimbledon with odds, preview, pick | 29th June 2023

PREVIEW. London. Townsend and Kenin will play each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 29th of June

Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Sofia Kenin

Taylor Townsend and Sofia Kenin will square off in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 4th 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.

See updated oddsAs 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 4th 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

Taylor Townsend
Taylor Townsend

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
68
High
46
WLWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 4-6 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

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

Townsend
Wimbledon
Townsend's Record

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
81
High
4
LWWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-26 10-17 5-6 0-0 1-3 0-0
2023 27-21 17-12 3-4 1-2 6-3 0-0
2022 10-17 7-14 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 11-10 7-5 3-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2020 24-9 12-6 6-2 6-1 0-0 0-0

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).

Kenin
Wimbledon
Kenin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Townsend
S.Kenin
2h:07
2h:07
Time on court​
2h:11
2h:11
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
!
0h:49
0h:49
2
2
Match played
2
2
34
34
Games Played​
32
32
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
122
122
Total points​
130
130
61
61
Avg point​
65
65
49
49
Winners
52
52
24.5
24.5
Avg Winners​
26
26
40%
40%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
49/64
49/64
1st won total​
52/73
52/73
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
18/35
18/35
2nd won total​
20/34
20/34
51%
51%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
9/16
9/16
BP won
9/20
9/20
4.5/8
4.5/8
Avg BP won
4.5/10
4.5/10
!
56%
56%
Won
45%
45%
6
6
Conceded
7
7
3
3
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
5
5

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Townsend
WLWLWLWWWW
Kenin
LWWLWWWWLL
2024 2023 2022
24 - 20
16 - 26
21-13
Hard
10-17
1-0
I Hard
0-0
2-4
Clay
5-6
0-3
Grass
1-3

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