Elena Rybakina and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.148
Taylor Townsend -> 5.55
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Taylor Townsend
There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Taylor Townsend since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elena Rybakina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-4 | 22-4 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-15 | 31-11 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 18-14 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 18-5 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Rybakina reached the 3rd round after beating Clara Tauson 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Tauson, Elena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Rybakina scored 109 points vs Tauson’s 104. Elena was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rybakina bagged 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Elena broke Tauson 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Rybakina has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (307-135). 18-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has a composed 145-69 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-0 6-3 and in Abu Dhabi where she beat Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-1 6-4.
Rybakina has an overall 18-3 win-loss record in 2024, 18-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
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 3rd round after defeating Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-4, Emina Bektas 6-2 5-7 6-3, Lucia Bronzetti 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Elise Mertens 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Townsend had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-2 6-2). During the match Townsend scored 57 points vs Mertens’s 39. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Townsend bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Taylor Townsend was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taylor broke Mertens 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Townsend started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Taylor has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 93 |
| Pts | 109-104 | 307-248 |
| Total Points | 213 | 555 |
| Winners | 41 | 131 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Rybakina played 1 match while Townsend competed in 4 matches. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Rybakina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina dropped 1 set, while Taylor Townsend dropped 2 sets. Rybakina has played 7 set(s) less than Townsend (3 vs 10). Therefore, Rybakina played 62 games less than Townsend. The Kazakhstani scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 131 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 59/103 | 181/254 |
| %1st in | 57% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 131/181 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 44/73 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 60% |
Rybakina blasted 6 aces . Townsend bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). Rybakina won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 36% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Elena broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rybakina lost her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Townsend conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rybakina | |||
| R2 Tauson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 109-104 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/103 | 59/103 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Townsend | ||||||
| Q1 Pigossi |
Q3 Bektas |
R1 Bronzetti |
R2 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 93 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 91-77 | 89-79 | 57-39 | 307-248 | |
| Total points | 123 | 168 | 168 | 96 | 555 | |
| Winners | 21 | 41 | 43 | 26 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% | 48% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 58/77 | 58/81 | 34/48 | 181/254 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 75% | 72% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 41/58 | 43/58 | 26/34 | 131/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 71% | 74% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 11/19 | 12/23 | 8/14 | 44/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 58% | 52% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/10 | 3/7 | 4/5 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 43% | 80% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 0% | 60% | 100% | 193% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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