Ann Li and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.83
Taylor Townsend -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 4th time that Ann Li and Taylor Townsend face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Townsend won 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in the W60 Templeton back in 2023.

Ann Li

Ann Li

8 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
4-1
Rank
66
High
44
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-6 4-5 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2024 42-27 16-14 22-9 4-3 0-1 0-0
2023 36-28 16-13 15-9 4-4 1-2 0-0
2022 16-20 7-10 2-3 4-3 3-4 0-0
2021 25-14 19-8 1-1 4-2 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 66, Ann will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 7-5 3-6 6-1 to Begu in the 1st round on the 5th of March.

Ann has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Singapore.

Talking about her overall career, Ann has an overall 239-160 record. She has a positive 134-91 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.

Miami
Li's Record

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

3 - 6win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
0-1
Rank
90
High
46
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-6 3-5 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 90, Taylor got to the 1st round after defeating Carson Branstine 6-2 6-4 and Sonay Kartal 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5.

In the qualifications against Kartal, Townsend recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-62 7-5). During the match Townsend scored 115 points vs Kartal’s 114. The American was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Townsend struck 12 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 60% of her first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kartal 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Townsend has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2024. See her history.

Miami
Townsend's Record

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