Varvara Gracheva and Taylor Townsend will square off in the 1st round of the ATX Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.89
Taylor Townsend -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Taylor Townsend
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Taylor Townsend clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Townsend (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Townsend won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.
Highlights Taylor Townsend vs Varvara Gracheva – U.S. Open 28-August-2023
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-7 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Gracheva will start her run in Austin after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-4 6-0 to Pegula in the 2nd round on the 17th of February.
Gracheva has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2026, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The French player has an overall 306-224 record. She has a positive 104-95 record on hard.
Previously in Austin
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.
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 in Austin after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 to Baptiste in the 1st round on the 18th of January.
The American has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2026, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Townsend has an overall 312-192 record. She has a positive 184-120 record on hard.
Previously in Austin
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Austin
- Claire LiuLiu – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Madison BrengleBrengle (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Nao HibinoHibino (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Madison BrengleBrengle (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Nao HibinoHibino (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Dalma GalfiGalfi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elizabeth MandlikMandlik – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Claire LiuLiu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesca JonesJones – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lulu SunSun – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
