Taylor Townsend and Daria Saville will clash against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Townsend is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Townsend -> 1.72
Daria Saville -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Daria Saville

This will be the 2nd time that Taylor Townsend and Daria Saville fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gavrilova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gavrilova won 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Tokyo back in 2014.

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
0-1
Clay
2-0
Rank
119
High
46
LWLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-15 15-10 2-3 0-1 3-1 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, Taylor got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Saito 7-6(1) 7-6(6) and Hanna Chang 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications against Chang, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Townsend scored 103 points vs Chang’s 90. Taylor was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Townsend struck 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Taylor Townsend was very efficient on serve to win 71% (46/65) of her 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Taylor broke Chang 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Townsend has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (230-129). 2-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Townsend has a compiled 88-35 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Townsend has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Townsend's Record

Daria Saville

Daria Saville

12 - 14win/loss

Hard
9-10
I Hard
0-1
Clay
3-3
Rank
162
High
20
LLLWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-17 9-11 4-4 0-1 0-1 0-0
2024 29-22 16-9 8-8 1-1 4-4 0-0
2023 12-13 6-8 5-2 0-1 1-2 0-0
2022 25-20 20-12 2-4 0-0 3-4 0-0
2021 3-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134, Gavrilova reached the qualifications after defeating Heather Watson 7-6(2) 6-2 and Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, Gavrilova had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-2 6-1). During the match Gavrilova scored 60 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 34. Daria was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Gavrilova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Daria Saville lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Gavrilova put 83% of her first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (4/6) on the 2nd serve. Gavrilova broke Mpetshi Perricard 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gavrilova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points she played.

Gavrilova’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Merida.

Daria has a composed 12-14 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2022. See her history.

French Open
Gavrilova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Townsend
D.Gavrilova
4h:25
4h:25
Time on court​
3h:08
3h:08
!
2h:21
2h:21
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
2
2
Match played
2
2
57
57
Games Played​
36
36
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
192
192
Total points​
140
140
96
96
Avg point​
70
70
84
84
Winners
47
47
42
42
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
44%
44%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
2
2
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
84/124
84/124
1st won total​
47/78
47/78
68%
68%
1st won %
60%
60%
32/69
32/69
2nd won total​
18/34
18/34
46%
46%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
9/13
9/13
BP won
13/24
13/24
4.5/6.5
4.5/6.5
Avg BP won
6.5/12
6.5/12
!
69%
69%
Won
!
54%
54%
22
22
Conceded
12
12
11
11
Avg Conceded
6
6
8
8
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
3
3
14
14
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Townsend Gavrilova
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 57 36
Pts 192-170 140-97
Total Points 362 237
Winners 84 47
%Winners 44% 34%

Both Townsend and Gavrilova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Taylor Townsend lost 1 set while Daria Saville hasn’t conceded a set so far. Townsend has played 1 set more than Gavrilova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Townsend played 21 games more than Gavrilova. The American scored 84 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gavrilova recorded 47 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Townsend Gavrilova
Aces 4 1
Avg per match 2 0.5
1st in 124/193 78/112
%1st in 64% 70%
1st pts 84/124 47/78
%1st pts 68% 60%
2nd pts 32/69 18/34
%2nd pts 46% 53%

Townsend managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Gavrilova bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Townsend won 68% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gavrilova won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Townsend Gavrilova
Won 9 13
Converted 9/13 13/24
% Converted 69% 54%
Conceded 22 12
Saved 14 6
% Saved 64% 50%
Times Broken 8 6

Townsend broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Gavrilova broke her opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Daria conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Townsend
Q1
Saito
Q2
Chang
Total
Score 7-61 7-66 4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 26 31 57
pts 89-80 103-90 192-170
Total points 169 193 362
Winners 38 46 84
%Winners 43% 45% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 4 4
Double Faults 3 4 7
1st in 59/87 65/106 124/193
% 1st in 68% 61% 64%
1st pts 38/59 46/65 84/124
% 1st pts 64% 71% 68%
2nd pts 9/28 23/41 32/69
% 2nd pts 32% 56% 46%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/8 3/5 9/13
Converted % 75% 60% 69%
Conceded 11 11 22
Saved 5/11 9/11 14
Saved % 45% 82% 64%
Times Broken 6 2 8
Gavrilova
Q1
Watson
Q2
Mpetshi
Total
Score 7-62 6-2 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 15 36
pts 80-63 60-34 140-97
Total points 143 94 237
Winners 29 18 47
%Winners 36% 30% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 4 0 4
1st in 49/77 29/35 78/112
% 1st in 64% 83% 70%
1st pts 29/49 18/29 47/78
% 1st pts 59% 62% 60%
2nd pts 14/28 4/6 18/34
% 2nd pts 50% 67% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 7 13
Converted 6/14 7/10 13/24
Converted % 43% 70% 54%
Conceded 10 2 12
Saved 6/10 0/2 6
Saved % 60% 0% 30%
Times Broken 4 2 6

Tennis Scores – French Open

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