Paula Badosa vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇸Paula Badosa
#58 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–0
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#89 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
4w3Paula Badosa and Taylor Townsend have met 2 times since 2024; Paula Badosa leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Australian Open - Melbourne in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Badosa leads 2–0. Badosa has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Badosa has taken 4 sets to Townsend's 0. Their most recent meeting: Paula Badosa won at U.S. Open - New York (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Badosa | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Paula Badosa | Taylor Townsend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 20/27 | 68% | 15/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 7/18 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 14/45 | 34% | 12/35 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 51% | 19/37 | 55% | 12/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 21/24 | 89% | 16/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 83% | 20/24 | 83% | 15/18 |
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 (Badosa 2, Townsend 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Badosa
💥 Big Hitter
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Aug 28, 2024
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jan 15, 2024
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Badosa | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Paula Badosa | Taylor Townsend | ||
| 1 or more | 93% | 13/14 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 3 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 5 or more | 21% | 3/14 | 60% | 6/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–4 | 7–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.72 | 2.47 |
| ROI % | -3.7% | +27.3% |
| Units P/L | -0.52u | +2.73u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 6 | 1 |
| Distance | 10,936 mi · 17,599 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | BRA → ROU | UKR |
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
Across 7 shared opponents, both Badosa and Townsend posted a 43% win rate.
| Opponent | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Jazmin Ortenzi | W 46 62 62 | W 64 64 |
| Coco Gauff | L 46 67 | L 46 06 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 36 26 | L 36 46 |
| Marie Bouzkova | L 63 36 46 | W 76 75 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | W 26 62 75 | L 63 16 46 |
| Iva Jovic | L 26 16 | L 57 26 |
| Lulu Sun | W 61 76 | W 76 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Jelena Ostapenko
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Daria Kasatkina
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Nadia Podoroska
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Jazmin Ortenzi
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Justina Mikulskyte
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Daria Kasatkina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Tatjana Maria
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
Aryna Sabalenka
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 6
Diana Shnaider
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Taylah Preston
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Maja Chwalinska
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–45 matches
| Metric | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 63% |
| Sets won | 59% | 60% |
| Games won | 53% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Badosa | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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