Barbora Krejcikova and Taylor Townsend will clash against each other in the 4th round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.533
Taylor Townsend -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Taylor Townsend play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Krejcikova won 6-7(2) 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Launceston back in 2017.

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

11 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
4-2
Rank
65
High
2
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-9 11-5 1-2 0-0 4-2 0-0
2024 21-16 7-7 3-5 2-2 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 62, Krejcikova reached the 4th round after beating Victoria Mboko 6-3 6-2, Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-2 and Emma Navarro 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 3rd round against Navarro, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Krejcikova scored 105 points vs Navarro’s 99. Krejcikova was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krejcikova scored 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Krejcikova broke Navarro 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Krejcikova has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Krejcikova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (260-155). 6-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Krejcikova has a compiled 112-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Krejcikova has an aggregate 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Krejcikova's Record

Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend

19 - 13win/loss

Hard
14-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
2-3
Grass
3-1
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. 139, Townsend got to the 4th round after defeating Antonia Ruzic 6-4 6-4, Jelena Ostapenko 7-5 6-1 and Mirra Andreeva 7-5 6-2.

In the 3rd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (7-5 6-2). During the match Townsend scored 62 points vs Andreeva’s 49. Taylor was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Townsend managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Taylor Townsend lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Townsend put 79% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Andreeva 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Townsend hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Townsend has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See her history.

U.S. Open
Townsend's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Krejcikova
T.Townsend
5h:04
5h:04
Time on court​
4h:10
4h:10
!
2h:30
2h:30
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
3
3
Match played
3
3
65
65
Games Played​
59
59
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
233
233
Total points​
197
197
77.7
77.7
Avg point​
65.7
65.7
84
84
Winners
90
90
28
28
Avg Winners​
30
30
36%
36%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
11
11
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
3.7
3.7
14
14
Double Faults
7
7
4.7
4.7
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
84/117
84/117
1st won total​
90/123
90/123
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
41/79
41/79
2nd won total​
25/40
25/40
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
16/35
16/35
BP won
12/28
12/28
5.3/11.7
5.3/11.7
Avg BP won
4/9.3
4/9.3
46%
46%
Won
43%
43%
24
24
Conceded
11
11
8
8
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
8
8
Broken
4
4
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Krejcikova Townsend
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 65 59
Pts 233-186 197-148
Total Points 419 345
Winners 84 90
%Winners 36% 46%

Both Krejcikova and Townsend played 3 matches. At the moment, Barbora Krejcikova dropped 1 set while Taylor Townsend hasn’t conceded a set so far. Krejcikova has played 1 set more than Townsend (7 vs 6). Therefore, Krejcikova played 6 games more than Townsend. The Czech scored 84 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Taylor blasted 90 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Krejcikova Townsend
Aces 14 11
Avg per match 4.7 3.7
1st in 117/196 123/163
%1st in 60% 75%
1st pts 84/117 90/123
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 41/79 25/40
%2nd pts 52% 63%

Krejcikova fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Townsend managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Krejcikova won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Krejcikova Townsend
Won 16 12
Converted 16/35 12/28
% Converted 46% 43%
Conceded 24 11
Saved 16 7
% Saved 67% 64%
Times Broken 8 4

The Czech broke her opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Krejcikova lost her serve 8 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Taylor broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Krejcikova
R1
Mboko
R2
Uchijima
R3
Navarro
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2 4-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 17 18 30 65
pts 69-49 59-38 105-99 233-186
Total points 118 97 204 419
Winners 22 21 41 84
%Winners 32% 36% 39% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 5 14
Double Faults 4 1 9 14
1st in 27/48 29/48 61/100 117/196
% 1st in 56% 60% 61% 60%
1st pts 22/27 21/29 41/61 84/117
% 1st pts 81% 72% 67% 72%
2nd pts 13/21 13/19 15/39 41/79
% 2nd pts 62% 68% 38% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 5 7 16
Converted 4/11 5/9 7/15 16/35
Converted % 36% 56% 47% 46%
Conceded 2 6 16 24
Saved 2/2 4/6 10/16 16
Saved % 100% 67% 63% 77%
Times Broken 0 2 6 8
Townsend
R1
Ruzic
R2
Ostapenko
R3
Andreeva
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-5 6-1 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 19 20 59
pts 74-61 61-38 62-49 197-148
Total points 135 99 111 345
Winners 34 27 29 90
%Winners 46% 44% 47% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 2 11
Double Faults 4 0 3 7
1st in 45/63 37/48 41/52 123/163
% 1st in 71% 77% 79% 75%
1st pts 34/45 27/37 29/41 90/123
% 1st pts 76% 73% 71% 73%
2nd pts 11/18 9/11 5/11 25/40
% 2nd pts 61% 82% 45% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 5 5 12
Converted 2/6 5/8 5/14 12/28
Converted % 33% 63% 36% 43%
Conceded 4 4 3 11
Saved 4/4 2/4 1/3 7
Saved % 100% 50% 33% 61%
Times Broken 0 2 2 4

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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