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Elena Rybakina vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Elena Rybakina

🇰🇿Elena Rybakina

#1 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed

2–0

2 meetings · sets 4–1

Taylor Townsend

🇺🇸Taylor Townsend

#89 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed

5w3

Elena Rybakina and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2024; Elena Rybakina leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Miami Open - Miami in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Rybakina leads 2–0. Rybakina has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Rybakina has taken 4 sets to Townsend's 1. Their most recent meeting: Elena Rybakina won at Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorRybakinaTownsend
Wins in straight sets67%68%
Wins a set when losing58%38%
Goes to a deciding set38%34%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite61%55%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog75%62%
Tiebreak sets won56%54%
Wins after taking set 192%89%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 178%83%

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 (Rybakina 1, Townsend 0).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Rybakina

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve
vs

Townsend

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

Both Elena Rybakina and Taylor Townsend are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.

Previous meetings

2 career meetings, newest first

Aug 16, 2026

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati

H Hard · 2nd Round

63
64
Rybakina

Mar 23, 2024

Miami Open - Miami

H Hard · 3rd Round

63
637
64
Rybakina

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeRybakinaTownsend
1 or more100%100%
3 or more94%100%
5 or more88%60%
10 or more31%0%
15 or more13%0%
20 or more0%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricRybakinaTownsend
W-L15–27–3
Avg odds1.472.47
ROI %+28.5%+27.3%
Units P/L+4.85u+2.73u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricRybakinaTownsend
Countries1—
Events1—
Matches1—
Distance0 mi · 0 km—
RouteROU—

Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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

Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Townsend's 30%).

OpponentRybakinaTownsend
Tatjana Maria
W
67
75
60
W
67
63
62
Aryna Sabalenka
W
64
57
62
L
46
36
Coco Gauff
W
36
64
64
L
46
06
Diana Shnaider
W
64
64
W
62
67
63
Iga Swiatek
L
L
16
62
36
Tereza Valentova
W
62
63
W
64
75
Elena Gabriela Ruse
W
46
63
75
L
63
16
46
Katie Boulter
L
57
62
46
L
46
26
Marta Kostyuk
W
63
64
L
36
26
Jasmine Paolini
W
63
62
L
36
61
26

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Rybakina
LWWWWWWW
L

Alina Charaeva

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

63
46
36

Oct 3

W

Aryna Sabalenka

U.S. Open - New York · Final

64
57
62

Sep 12

W

Coco Gauff

U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals

36
64
64

Sep 11

W

Qinwen Zheng

U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals

36
61
64

Sep 9

W

Naomi Osaka

U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round

61
64

Sep 7

W

Yuliia Starodubtseva

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round

766
63

Sep 6

W

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

62
64

Sep 4

W

Thea Frodin

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

63
62

Sep 1

Townsend
WLWWWLWL
W

Tatjana Maria

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round

607
63
62

Sep 14

L

Aryna Sabalenka

U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round

46
36

Sep 6

W

Diana Shnaider

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round

62
637
63

Sep 4

W

Taylah Preston

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

61
61

Sep 2

W

Maja Chwalinska

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

62
63

Aug 31

L

Elena Rybakina

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

36
46

Aug 16

W

Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

36
63
63

Aug 13

L

Belinda Bencic

National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round

765
647
46

Aug 8

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ RybakinaRybakina ahead↓ Townsend

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–72 matches

MetricRybakinaTownsend
Matches won83%63%
Sets won74%60%
Games won58%54%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageRybakinaTownsend
WTA 100020

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceRybakinaTownsend
Hard20

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Elena Rybakina vs Taylor Townsend FAQ

Elena Rybakina leads the head-to-head 2–0 over 2 meetings.