Qinwen Zheng and Taylor Townsend will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.22
Taylor Townsend -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Taylor Townsend
This will be the 2nd time that Qinwen Zheng and Taylor Townsend square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Townsend won 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in Miami back in 2019.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-18 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, the Chinese got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Lauren Davis 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-1 7-5). During the match, Zheng scored 60 points vs Davis’s 39. Zheng was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng managed to score 12 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Davis 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Zheng has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (233-99). 5-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has a compiled122-57 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Chinese has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Taylor Townsend
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-6 | 5-5 | 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, the American got to the 3rd round after beating Carson Branstine 6-2 6-4, Sonay Kartal 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5, Ann Li 3-6 6-4 6-2 and Yulia Putintseva 7-6(2) 1-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Putintseva (7-62 1-6 6-1). During the match Townsend scored 95 points vs Putintseva’s 85. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Townsend bagged 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve 5 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 66% of her first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Townsend broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taylor started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Townsend has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 107 |
| Pts | 60-39 | 367-339 |
| Total Points | 99 | 706 |
| Winners | 25 | 155 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Zheng played 1 match while Townsend competed in 4 matches. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Zheng had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Taylor Townsend dropped 3 sets while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zheng has played 9 set(s) less than Townsend (2 vs 11). Therefore, Zheng played 88 games less than Townsend. Qinwen scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 155 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 225/360 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 155/225 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 65/135 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 48% |
Zheng recorded 12 aces . Townsend recorded 26 aces (6.5 per match). Zheng won 76% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 17/36 |
| % Converted | 57% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 40 |
| Saved | 1 | 28 |
| % Saved | 50% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 12 |
Qinwen broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Qinwen surrendered her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Townsend broke her opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. Taylor conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R2 Davis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 60-39 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Townsend | ||||||
| Q1 Branstine |
Q3 Kartal |
R1 Li |
R2 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 7-62 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-62 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 35 | 27 | 27 | 107 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 115-114 | 89-86 | 95-85 | 367-339 | |
| Total points | 122 | 229 | 175 | 180 | 706 | |
| Winners | 31 | 50 | 31 | 43 | 155 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 35% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 70/116 | 54/92 | 64/97 | 225/360 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 59% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 50/70 | 31/54 | 43/64 | 155/225 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 71% | 57% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 22/46 | 21/38 | 14/33 | 65/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 48% | 55% | 42% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | 6/9 | 5/11 | 17/36 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 67% | 45% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 40 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/12 | 6/10 | 11/16 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 60% | 69% | 304% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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