Lulu Sun vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇿Lulu Sun
#128 · 25 yrs · Left-Handed
11w2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#95 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
Lulu Sun and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2022; Taylor Townsend leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Thoreau Tennis Open - Concord in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Townsend leads 2–0. Townsend has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Sun has taken 0 sets to Townsend's 4. Their most recent meeting: Taylor Townsend won at Miami Open - Miami (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sun | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Lulu Sun | Taylor Townsend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 11/15 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 5/13 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 9/28 | 38% | 9/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 6/16 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 70% | 7/10 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 69% | 11/16 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 11/16 | 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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sun 0, Townsend 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sun
🤖 Servebot
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Lulu Sun 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
Mar 19, 2026
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 8, 2022
Thoreau Tennis Open - Concord
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.54 | 2.75 |
| ROI % | -52.7% | -7.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.58u | -0.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | — | 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
Across 2 shared opponents, both Sun and Townsend posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Iva Jovic | W 64 76 | L 57 26 |
| Linda Fruhvirtova | L 36 57 | W 46 76 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mary Stoiana
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Ella Mcdonald
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 1st Round
Jun 9
Mary Stoiana
Lexus Birmingham Open - Birmingham · 1st Round
Jun 2
Yue Yuan
Open 35 de Saint-Malo - Saint-Malo · 1st Round
Apr 27
Yulia Putintseva
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston · 1st Round
Mar 30
Taylor Townsend
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Paula Badosa
Austin 125 - Austin · 2nd Round
Mar 11
Emma Navarro
Austin 125 - Austin · 1st Round
Mar 10
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 · 24–28 matches
| Metric | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 50% |
| Sets won | 54% | 53% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 125 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sun | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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