Taylor Townsend and Nao Hibino will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on Kia Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction and head to head Taylor Townsend vs. Nao Hibino
There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taylor Townsend
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-13 | 17-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 116, Townsend will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Osaka where she lost 6-1 6-3 to Galfi in the qualifications on the 13th of October.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about her overall career, Townsend has an overall 310-190 record. She has a positive 182-118 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2023. See her history.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-23 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-26 | 15-13 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 21-21 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, Hibino will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the W100 Takasaki where she lost 3-6 7-5 7-5 to Woo in the quarter on the 21st of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of her career, Nao has an overall 407-340 record. She has a positive 292-223 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.
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