Taylor Townsend and Emina Bektas will play each other in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.31
Emina Bektas -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Emina Bektas
This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Townsend and Emina Bektas fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Townsend won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in San Jose back in 2022.
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. 77, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Pigossi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Townsend scored 70 points vs Pigossi’s 53. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Townsend recorded 7 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pigossi 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Townsend has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (212-125). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Townsend has a compiled 121-81 record in the last years on hard.
Taylor has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Emina Bektas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-21 | 21-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Bektas reached the qualifications after beating Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Bektas had a good straight sets win against Bouzas Maneiro (6-3 6-1). During the match Bektas scored 60 points vs Bouzas Maneiro’s 36. Bektas was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Bektas scored 2 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emina Bektas lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 71% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. Emina broke Bouzas Maneiro 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
The American has an overall 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Townsend | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 60-36 |
| Total Points | 123 | 96 |
| Winners | 21 | 24 |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% |
Both Townsend and Bektas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Townsend and Bektas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Townsend played 4 games more than Bektas. Townsend scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Bektas fired 24 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Townsend | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 35/49 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 57% |
Townsend managed to score 7 aces . Bektas managed to score 2 aces . Townsend won 68% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Townsend | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 55% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Taylor lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Emina broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Townsend | |||
| Q1 Pigossi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bektas | |||
| Q1 Bouzas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 60-36 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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