WTA - WTA Miami

WTA 34

Elise Mertens

3/21/24 11:00

WTA 85

Taylor Townsend

Prediction:

Taylor Townsend to Win

+155

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Elise Mertens vs Taylor Townsend Prediction & Picks - WTA Miami

Prediction published on 3/20/24, 7:07 AM by Bradley Gibbs | Modified on 3/21/24 at 11:17 AM in Tennis Picks

On Friday afternoon, at the WTA event in Miami, Elise Mertens, who comes off the back of that defeat to Coco Gauff at the WTA Indian Wells last week, will take on Taylor Townsend. On the face of it, facing a lower ranked player, this looks like a nice opportunity for Mertens to begin her tournament in simple fashion, but Townsend comes into this game in fine form and could be a tougher opponent than the rankings and the early lines suggest.

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Elise Mertens vs Taylor Townsend Form

Elise Mertens and Taylor Townsend Latest Matches

Elise Mertens Latest matches

W L L W W L

Victories

3/6 (50%)

Defeats

3/6 (50%)

Mar 13, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Elise Mertens

0 : 2

Coco Gauff

Mar 11, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Naomi Osaka

0 : 2

Elise Mertens

Mar 9, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Xinyu Wang

0 : 2

Elise Mertens

Feb 18, 2024 - WTA Dubai Tennis Championships

Elise Mertens

1 : 2

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Feb 13, 2024 - WTA Finals

Emma Navarro

2 : 0

Elise Mertens

Feb 12, 2024 - WTA Finals

Peyton Stearns

0 : 2

Elise Mertens

Taylor Townsend Latest matches

W W L W W W

Victories

5/6 (83%)

Defeats

1/6 (17%)

Mar 19, 2024 - WTA Miami

Lucia Bronzetti

1 : 2

Taylor Townsend

Mar 18, 2024 - WTA Miami

Taylor Townsend

2 : 1

Emina Bektas

Mar 17, 2024 - WTA Miami

Taylor Townsend

2 : 0

Laura Pigossi

Mar 8, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Anna Kalinskaya

2 : 1

Taylor Townsend

Mar 7, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Taylor Townsend

2 : 1

Magda Linette

Mar 5, 2024 - WTA Indian Wells

Taylor Townsend

2 : 1

Clervie Ngounoue

Elise Mertens - Taylor Townsend Key Points

Mertens has won only one of her last four matches against American opponents.
Since the start of February, Mertens has a 50% win percentage on a hard surface.
Since the start of February, Townsend has won 70% of her hard-court matches.
Townsend has won two of her last three matches against players ranked higher than her.

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Our Elise Mertens vs Taylor Townsend Prediction

As touched on above, the early betting lines clearly favour Elise Mertens here. After all, the Belgian is ranked 44 places above her opponent here. However, she's not exactly been in fluent form of late, losing three of her last five matches, including against a player ranked much lower than her. Moreover, Townsend is a player on an upward curve right now, coming off the back of two nice qualifying wins in Miami, before winning her first-round match against a higher-ranked player in Bronzetti. Such form should hold her in good stead here, while Mertens hasn't played competitively in seven days and is coming off the back of a loss. Factor in that the Belgian isn't exactly a stranger to losing against lower ranked players on this surface and betting on Townsend to defy the odds and come out on top starts to look like an appealing play to my eyes. Our prediction for Mertens vs Townsend: Townsend Victory.

Prediction:

Taylor Townsend to Win

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