Emma Navarro and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the quarter of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 Emma Navarro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.47
Taylor Townsend -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 2^nd time that Emma Navarro and Taylor Townsend play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Townsend won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in the W100 Charleston back in 2019.

Emma Navarro

Ranked no. 15 (career-high), Emma reached the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye, Magda Linette 6-2 6-4 and Marta Kostyuk 7-5 7-5.

In the 3^rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (7-5 7-5). During the match, Navarro scored 82 points vs Kostyuk’s 75. Emma was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Navarro wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 7 double faults. Emma Navarro lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Navarro put 53% of her first serves in, winning 58% (21/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Emma broke Kostyuk 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Navarro hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Navarro has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (193-104). 23-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Navarro has an overall61-43 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hobart where she beat Elise Mertens in the final 6-1 4-6 7-5.

The American has a composed 44-17 win-loss record in 2024, 23-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 71, Taylor got to the quarter after beating Emina Bektas 6-2 6-2, Dayana Yastremska 6-3 3-1 ret., Marina Stakusic 6-0 6-2 and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-1.

In the 3^rd round, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Ostapenko (6-2 6-1). During the match Townsend scored 64 points vs Ostapenko’s 35. Taylor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Townsend blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Taylor Townsend was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Taylor broke Ostapenko 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Townsend started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 64% of the points she played.

Townsend has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Navarro	Townsend
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	42	58
Pts	153-129	229-137
Total Points	282	366
Winners	35	85
%Winners	23%	37%

Navarro played 2 matches while Townsend competed in 4 matches. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Navarro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Navarro has played 5 set(s) less than Townsend (4 vs 9). Therefore, Navarro played 16 games less than Townsend. Navarro scored 35 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, Townsend struck 85 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Navarro	Townsend
Aces	1	19
Avg per match	0.5	4.8
1st in	56/123	104/164
%1st in	46%	63%
1st pts	35/56	85/104
%1st pts	63%	82%
2nd pts	37/67	30/60
%2nd pts	55%	50%

Navarro scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Townsend also managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Navarro won 63% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 82% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Navarro	Townsend
Won	12	19
Converted	12/28	19/32
% Converted	43%	59%
Conceded	14	10
Saved	7	7
% Saved	50%	70%
Times Broken	7	3

Emma broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Emma conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Taylor broke her opponents 19 times with a 59% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Navarro
	R2 Linette	R3 Kostyuk	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	24	42
pts	71-54	82-75	153-129
Total points	125	157	282
Winners	14	21	35
%Winners	20%	26%	23%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	4	7	11
1st in	20/55	36/68	56/123
% 1st in	36%	53%	46%
1st pts	14/20	21/36	35/56
% 1st pts	70%	58%	63%
2nd pts	22/35	15/32	37/67
% 2nd pts	63%	47%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	7	12
Converted	5/10	7/18	12/28
Converted %	50%	39%	43%
Conceded	4	10	14
Saved	2/4	5/10	7
Saved %	50%	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	5	7

Townsend
	Q1 Bektas	Q3 Andreeva	R1 Yastremska	R2 Stakusic	R3 Ostapenko	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-66 6-4	6-3 3-1 ret.	6-0 6-2	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	16	23	13	14	15	81
pts	55-34	–	52-37	58-31	64-35	229-137
Total points	89	0	89	89	99	366
Winners	24		19	20	22	85
%Winners	44%	0%	37%	34%	34%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	2	3	5	19
Double Faults	2		3	0	1	6
1st in	28/47	/	26/41	21/36	29/40	104/164
% 1st in	60%	0%	63%	58%	73%	63%
1st pts	24/28	/	19/26	20/21	22/29	85/104
% 1st pts	86%	0%	73%	95%	76%	82%
2nd pts	10/19	/	8/15	6/15	6/11	30/60
% 2nd pts	53%	0%	53%	40%	55%	50%
Breaks
Won	4		3	6	6	19
Converted	4/5	/	3/6	6/10	6/11	19/32
Converted %	80%	0%	50%	60%	55%	59%
Conceded	3		3	1	3	10
Saved	3/3	0/	2/3	0/1	2/3	7
Saved %	100%	–	67%	0%	67%	117%
Times Broken	0		1	1	1	3

Tennis Scores in Toronto

• Caroline Dolehide/Desirae KrawczykDolehide/Desirae Krawczyk – Giuliana Olmos/Jessica PegulaOlmos/Jessica Pegula (7-6⁵ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antonio MassaraMassara – Alessandro PetronePetrone (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Alessandro CeppelliniCeppellini (7-6³ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mirko CutuliCutuli – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jessica PegulaPegula – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (4-2) – H2H and prediction