Simona Halep and Taylor Townsend will square off in the 2^nd round of U.S. Open for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Simona Halep: results and record

Ranked no. 4, Halep reached the 2^nd round after defeating Nicole Gibbs 6-3 3-6 6-2.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in London where she defeated Serena Williams in the final 6-2 6-2.

Halep has a 36-12 win-loss record in 2019, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

Simona lost in the 1^st round 6-2 6-4 to Kaia Kanepi.

Taylor Townsend: results and record

Ranked no. 116, Townsend reached the 2^nd round after beating Natalija Kostic 6-3 6-1, Veronica Cepede Royg 3-6 6-3 6-3, Nina Stojanovic 3-6 7-6⁵ 6-1 and Kateryna Kozlova 3-6 6-3 6-2.

The American has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2019, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The American lost in the 2^nd round 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Jelena Ostapenko.

U.S. Open Live score and result Simona Halep vs. Taylor Townsend

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Taylor Townsend

This will be the 4^th time that Simona Halep and Taylor Townsend square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Miami back in March 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.11
Taylor Townsend -> 6.50

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Head 2 Head

• 2Slam
• 24Main
• 2ITF
• 4Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 14ITF
• 0Minor

Simona
Halep

3:1

Taylor
Townsend

Rank

578

High

1

2Hard1

1Clay0

Rank

58

High

57

Win Loss

Halep

L

Townsend

LLWWLWWWWL

2024 2023 2022

0 - 1

12 - 9

0-1

Hard

10-7

0-0

Clay

2-2

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