Sofia Kenin vs Taylor TownsendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#110 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 2–4
🇺🇸Taylor Townsend
#95 · 30 yrs · Left-Handed
Sofia 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 | 50% | 6/12 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 9/24 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 42% | 15/36 | 38% | 9/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 3/9 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 14/27 | 67% | 8/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 5/10 | 67% | 6/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 57% | 8/14 | 75% | 9/12 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 43% | 6/14 | 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: 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 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 244 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 | 67% | 4/6 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 3 or more | 17% | 1/6 | 100% | 6/6 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 33% | 2/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/6 |
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 | 3–6 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.27 | 2.75 |
| ROI % | -32.7% | -7.0% |
| Units P/L | -2.94u | -0.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 5 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | 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
Kenin has a higher win rate against shared opponents (29% vs Townsend's 14%).
| Opponent | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ashlyn Krueger | W 76 64 | W 76 63 |
| Jasmine Paolini | L 36 06 | L 36 61 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Emma Navarro
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Amanda Anisimova
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Petra Marcinko
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Daria Snigur
Eastbourne
Jun 20
Viktorija Golubic
Lexus Nottingham Open - Nottingham · 1st Round
Jun 16
Viktorija Golubic
Nottingham
Jun 14
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 · 24–36 matches
| Metric | Kenin | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 33% | 50% |
| Sets won | 38% | 53% |
| Games won | 44% | 51% |
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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