Elena Rybakina vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Elena Rybakina
#2 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
82 meetings · sets 4–1
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#95 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
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
| Indicator | Rybakina | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Elena Rybakina | Taylor Townsend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 39/57 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 62% | 8/13 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 26/70 | 38% | 9/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 37/62 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 5/7 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 53% | 8/15 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 46/49 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 39/49 | 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 (Rybakina 1, Townsend 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
🤖 Servebot
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Elena Rybakina and Taylor Townsend are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,026 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
Mar 23, 2024
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 3rd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Rybakina | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Elena Rybakina | Taylor Townsend | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 15/15 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 3 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 5 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 33% | 2/6 |
| 10 or more | 27% | 4/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 13% | 2/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–3 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.32 | 2.75 |
| ROI % | +6.4% | -7.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.90u | -0.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 8 | 5 |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | CAN → POL | 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
Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (88% vs Townsend's 13%).
| Opponent | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Coco Gauff | W 57 62 62 | L 46 06 |
| Tereza Valentova | W 62 63 | W 64 75 |
| Iga Swiatek | W 75 61 | L 16 62 36 |
| 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 |
| Hailey Baptiste | W 76 26 62 | L 36 76 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Diana Shnaider
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Magdalena Frech
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Taylor Townsend
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Coco Gauff
National Bank Open - Toronto · Semifinals
Aug 13
Naomi Osaka
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 12
Liudmila Samsonova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Ann Li
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Daria Kasatkina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
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 · 24–70 matches
| Metric | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 81% | 50% |
| Sets won | 73% | 53% |
| Games won | 58% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Rybakina | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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