Taylor Townsend and Sara Saito will face off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 8. 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 Taylor Townsend who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.42
Sara Saito -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Sara Saito
There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Taylor Townsend
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-10 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 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. 106, the American will start her run at the French Open after she played her last match in Miami where she lost 6-1 7-6(3) to Zheng in the 3rd round on the 22nd of March.
Townsend has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about her overall career, Taylor has an overall 295-182 record. She has a positive 111-47 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014. See her history.
Sara Saito
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-15 | 6-6 | 4-5 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-23 | 26-17 | 13-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 13-10 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 13-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 165, the Japanese will start her run at the Paris after she played her last match in the W100 Gifu where she lost 7-5 6-4 to Yamaguchi in the 1st round on the 29th of April.
The Japanese has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W50 Kyoto where she defeated Himeno Sakatsume in the final 6-4 7-6(2).
In terms of her career, Sara has an overall 91-53 record. She has a positive 17-9 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.
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