Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.52
Taylor Townsend -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Taylor Townsend
There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elise Mertens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 9-7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-13 | 17-7 | 9-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Mertens will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-0 6-2 to Gauff in the 4th round on the 13th of March.
The Belgian has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Elise’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hobart.
Talking about her overall career, Mertens has an overall 429-242 record. She has a positive 254-127 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. See her history.
Taylor Townsend
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-9 | 10-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 72, Townsend reached the 2nd round after beating Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-4, Emina Bektas 6-2 5-7 6-3 and Lucia Bronzetti 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Bronzetti, Townsend recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Townsend scored 89 points vs Bronzetti’s 79. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Townsend struck 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Taylor Townsend was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (43/58) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Townsend broke Bronzetti 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Taylor has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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