Daria Kasatkina and Taylor Townsend will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.59
Taylor Townsend -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Taylor Townsend
This will be the 3rd time that Daria Kasatkina and Taylor Townsend face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kasatkina won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in San Jose back in 2022.
Daria Kasatkina
29 - 17win/loss
9
8
LLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-23 | 24-16 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-25 | 19-15 | 12-6 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 24-14 | 12-5 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-19 | 19-10 | 5-5 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, Kasatkina reached the 2nd round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Darya had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kasatkina scored 65 points vs Alexandrova’s 47. Darya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kasatkina blasted 6 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Daria Kasatkina lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kasatkina put 64% of her first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Kasatkina broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Kasatkina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (346-200). 13-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kasatkina has an aggregate 148-113 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Eastbourne where she defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Russian has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Taylor Townsend
21 - 17win/loss
69
46
WLWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-20 | 21-13 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 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. 53 (career-high), Townsend reached the 2nd round after defeating Chloe Paquet 6-3 6-4, Katie Volynets 6-0 6-3 and Caroline Dolehide 3-6 6-4 7-6(7).
In the 1st round against Dolehide, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-67).During the match Townsend scored less points (7) than Dolehide. In fact, the world no. 12 won 102 points vs Dolehide’s. That means that Townsend was more focused during the important points. Taylor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Townsend fired 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 59% of her first serves in, winning 74% (48/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Dolehide twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Townsend has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasatkina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 66 |
| Pts | 65-47 | 217-184 |
| Total Points | 112 | 401 |
| Winners | 28 | 95 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Kasatkina played 1 match while Townsend competed in 3 matches. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Kasatkina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Taylor Townsend lost 1 set while Daria Kasatkina hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kasatkina has played 5 set(s) less than Townsend (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kasatkina played 48 games less than Townsend. Kasatkina scored 28 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 95 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasatkina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 117/199 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 95/117 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 47/82 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Kasatkina blasted 6 aces . Townsend fired 18 aces (6 per match). Kasatkina won 76% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasatkina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 67% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kasatkina broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Townsend conceded her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kasatkina | |||
| R1 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Townsend | |||||
| Q1 Paquet |
Q3 Volynets |
R1 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 | 3-6 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 32 | 66 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 55-32 | 102-109 | 217-184 | |
| Total points | 103 | 87 | 211 | 401 | |
| Winners | 28 | 19 | 48 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 20/42 | 65/111 | 117/199 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 48% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 19/20 | 48/65 | 95/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 95% | 74% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 13/22 | 22/46 | 47/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 59% | 48% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/7 | 2/6 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mats HermansHermans (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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