Katie Volynets and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on P&G 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.59
Katie Volynets -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 5^th time that Katie Volynets and Taylor Townsend face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Townsend won 6-3 7-6(4) in the semifinal in the W80 Macon back in 2023.

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 57, the American reached the qualifications after beating Tamara Korpatsch 6-2 7-5.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-2 7-5). During the match, Volynets scored 94 points vs Korpatsch’s 82. Katie was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Volynets wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 79% of her first serves in, winning 59% (44/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Volynets broke Korpatsch 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Volynets has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (197-134). 20-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Volynets has a compiled111-75 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Makarska where she beat Mayar Sherif in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.

Volynets has a compiled 43-17 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Taylor Townsend

Ranked no. 71, Townsend reached the qualifications after beating Chloe Paquet 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Taylor had a good straight sets win against Paquet (6-3 6-4). During the match Townsend scored 60 points vs Paquet’s 43. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Townsend managed to score 5 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Taylor Townsend was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (28/32) of her 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taylor broke Paquet twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).

Townsend has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2014 and 2017. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Volynets	Townsend
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	94-82	60-43
Total Points	176	103
Winners	44	28
%Winners	47%	47%

Both Volynets and Townsend played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Volynets and Townsend have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Volynets played 1 game more than Townsend. The American scored 44 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Townsend scored 28 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Volynets	Townsend
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	75/95	32/46
%1st in	79%	70%
1st pts	44/75	28/32
%1st pts	59%	88%
2nd pts	9/20	12/14
%2nd pts	45%	86%

Volynets didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Townsend made 5 aces . Volynets won 59% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 88% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 86% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Volynets	Townsend
Won	6	2
Converted	6/15	2/6
% Converted	40%	33%
Conceded	13	0
Saved	10	0
% Saved	77%	0%
Times Broken	3	0

Volynets broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Katie conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded. Taylor broke her opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Taylor was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Volynets
	Q1 Korpatsch	Total
Score	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	94-82	94-82
Total points	176	176
Winners	44	44
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	75/95	75/95
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	44/75	44/75
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/15	6/15
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	10/13	10
Saved %	77%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

Townsend
	Q1 Paquet	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	60-43	60-43
Total points	103	103
Winners	28	28
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	32/46	32/46
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	28/32	28/32
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	12/14	12/14
% 2nd pts	86%	86%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Benjamin DhoeDhoe – Bart StevensStevens (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats HermansHermans – Fernando YamacitaYamacita (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• George BotezanBotezan – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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