Sofia Kenin vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
43 meetings · sets 2–4
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#89 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
4w3Sofia Kenin and Taylor Townsend have met 3 times since 2024; Taylor Townsend leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston in 2024 on clay. Across all meetings Kenin has taken 2 sets to Townsend's 4. Their most recent meeting: Taylor Townsend won at Mubadala Citi DC Open - Washington (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kenin | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sofia Kenin | Taylor Townsend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 6/10 | 68% | 15/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 11/27 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 15/37 | 34% | 12/35 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 30% | 3/10 | 55% | 12/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 48% | 13/27 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 53% | 8/15 | 89% | 16/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 40% | 6/15 | 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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kenin 1, Townsend 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Townsend
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Taylor Townsend.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jul 24, 2025
Mubadala Citi DC Open - Washington
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jul 1, 2025
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 1st Round
Apr 2, 2024
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston
C Clay · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kenin | Townsend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sofia Kenin | Taylor Townsend | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 3 or more | 13% | 1/8 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 60% | 6/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–7 | 7–3 |
| Avg odds | 3.54 | 2.47 |
| ROI % | -63.4% | +27.3% |
| Units P/L | -5.71u | +2.73u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km | — |
| Route | POR → ROU → CZE | — |
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 6 shared opponents, both Kenin and Townsend posted a 17% win rate.
| Opponent | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 36 36 | W 76 63 |
| Marta Kostyuk | L 64 36 57 | L 36 26 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 67 63 26 | L 76 67 46 |
| Elena Gabriela Ruse | W 64 46 63 | L 63 16 46 |
| Peyton Stearns | L 36 36 | L 67 57 |
| Iva Jovic | L 57 57 | L 57 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
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 · 35–37 matches
| Metric | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 27% | 63% |
| Sets won | 35% | 60% |
| Games won | 44% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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