Belinda Bencic vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇭Belinda Bencic
#12 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
3w2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#95 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
Belinda Bencic and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2019; Belinda Bencic leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Charleston in 2019 on clay. Bencic has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Bencic has taken 4 sets to Townsend's 1. Their most recent meeting: Belinda Bencic won at National Bank Open - Toronto (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bencic | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Belinda Bencic | Taylor Townsend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 27/38 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 77% | 10/13 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 21/51 | 38% | 9/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 59% | 23/39 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 82% | 9/11 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 32/38 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 27/38 | 75% | 9/12 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bencic 1, Townsend 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bencic
👑 The Complete Package
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 1,830 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Belinda Bencic.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 8, 2026
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 3rd Round
Apr 4, 2019
Charleston
C Clay · Round of 16
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bencic | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Belinda Bencic | Taylor Townsend | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 3 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 5 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 33% | 2/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–1 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.42 | 2.75 |
| ROI % | +11.2% | -7.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.67u | -0.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 5 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN | CAN → POL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Bencic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (63% vs Townsend's 25%).
| Opponent | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Bouzkova | W 63 67 64 | W 76 75 |
| Coco Gauff | L 64 36 46 | L 46 06 |
| Iga Swiatek | W 36 60 63 | L 16 62 36 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 63 63 | L 67 57 |
| Hailey Baptiste | L 16 76 36 | L 36 76 36 |
| Katie Boulter | W 60 75 | L 46 26 |
| Jasmine Paolini | W 64 63 | L 36 61 26 |
| Nikola Bartunkova | L 36 60 46 | W 61 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Alexandra Eala
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 10
Taylor Townsend
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Sloane Stephens
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 4th Round
Jul 5
Anna Kalinskaya
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Xi Yao Wang
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Mika Stojsavljevic
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elina Svitolina
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
May 31
Elena Rybakina
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 13
Belinda Bencic
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Marie Bouzkova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Tereza Valentova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 4
Iga Swiatek
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 21
Martina Trevisan
Bad Homburg WTA
Jun 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 24–51 matches
| Metric | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 50% |
| Sets won | 70% | 53% |
| Games won | 58% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bencic | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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