Taylor Townsend and Marina Stakusic will face off in the 2^nd round of the National Bank Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Cashmere Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.45
Marina Stakusic -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Marina Stakusic

There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Marina Stakusic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 71, Townsend got to the 2^nd round after beating Emina Bektas 6-2 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 6-3 3-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Yastremska, Townsend had a free pass after Yastremska retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.

Townsend has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (220-135). 13-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Townsend has a composed 127-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Taylor has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Townsend has never competed in this tournament before.

Marina Stakusic

Ranked no. 160, Stakusic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Erika Andreeva 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Andreeva, Marina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4). During the match Stakusic scored 108 points vs Andreeva’s 91. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Stakusic made 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 16 double faults. Marina Stakusic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Stakusic put 53% of her first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (21/49) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Andreeva 8 times after converting 73% of her break points (8/11).

The Canadian has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Townsend	Stakusic
Match played	2	1
Tot Set	5	3
Tot Games	29	30
Pts	107-71	108-91
Total Points	178	199
Winners	43	38
%Winners	40%	35%

Townsend played 2 matches while Stakusic competed in 1 match. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Stakusic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marina Stakusic lost 1 set while Taylor Townsend hasn’t conceded a set so far. Townsend has played 2 sets more than Stakusic (5 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Townsend played 1 game less than Stakusic. The American scored 43 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian recorded 38 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Townsend	Stakusic
Aces	11	3
Avg per match	5.5	3
1st in	54/88	55/104
%1st in	61%	53%
1st pts	43/54	38/55
%1st pts	80%	69%
2nd pts	18/34	21/49
%2nd pts	53%	43%

Townsend scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Stakusic bagged 3 aces . Townsend won 80% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Stakusic won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Townsend	Stakusic
Won	7	8
Converted	7/11	8/11
% Converted	64%	73%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	5	5
% Saved	83%	50%
Times Broken	1	5

Townsend broke her opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Taylor lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Stakusic broke her opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Townsend
	Q1 Bektas	Q3 Andreeva	R1 Yastremska	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-66 6-4	6-3 3-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	23	13	52
pts	55-34	–	52-37	107-71
Total points	89	0	89	178
Winners	24		19	43
%Winners	44%	0%	37%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	2	11
Double Faults	2		3	5
1st in	28/47	/	26/41	54/88
% 1st in	60%	0%	63%	61%
1st pts	24/28	/	19/26	43/54
% 1st pts	86%	0%	73%	80%
2nd pts	10/19	/	8/15	18/34
% 2nd pts	53%	0%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4		3	7
Converted	4/5	/	3/6	7/11
Converted %	80%	0%	50%	64%
Conceded	3		3	6
Saved	3/3	0/	2/3	5
Saved %	100%	–	67%	56%
Times Broken	0		1	1

Stakusic
	R1 Andreeva	Total
Score	6-75 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	108-91	108-91
Total points	199	199
Winners	38	38
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	16	16
1st in	55/104	55/104
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	38/55	38/55
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	21/49	21/49
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/11	8/11
Converted %	73%	73%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	5/10	5
Saved %	50%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

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