Taylor Townsend
Townsend at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceSmyrna, Georgia
Born (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 (age 27)
Chicago, Illinois
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned proDecember 2012
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJohn Williams
Prize moneyUS $3,841,838
Singles
Career record266–156 (63.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 61 (July 16, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 73 (January 15, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2020, 2023)
French Open3R (2014)
Wimbledon2R (2018, 2019)
US Open4R (2019)
Doubles
Career record209–79 (72.6%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 5 (June 12, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 10 (January 15, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2019, 2024)
French OpenF (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US OpenF (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US OpenSF (2014, 2023)
Team competitions
BJK CupRR (2022, 2023)
Last updated on: January 23, 2024.

Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 61 in singles by the WTA, which she first achieved in July 2018, and she attained her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in June 2023. A five-time doubles title holder on the WTA Tour, Townsend has also reached two major finals: the 2022 US Open (with Caty McNally) and the 2023 French Open (with Leylah Fernandez).

As a junior, Townsend was named the ITF's Junior World Champion in 2012 for finishing the year No. 1 in the girls' rankings, making her the first American to do so since 1982. It came after she won the 2012 Australian Open titles in both girls' singles and doubles, as well as the Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles. Townsend turned professional by the end of 2012 and in 2014, she broke through on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour after winning two titles. Her achievements ensured her top 100 singles debut in 2015.

Known as one of the WTA Tour's few players to frequently employ serve-and-volley tactics in her gameplay,[1] Townsend has also won numerous career doubles titles. She first entered the top 100 in doubles in 2016 after winning eight of ten finals reached on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour that year. Following her return to the sport in 2022 after maternity leave, she reached her first major final at the 2022 US Open. In 2023, she made her top five debut after winning two WTA 500 titles, reaching her first WTA 1000 final, and appearing in her second major final at the French Open.

Personal life and background

Townsend was born in Chicago to Gary and Sheila (née Jones). Her parents are both high school administrators, and her mother used to work as a banker. Sheila played Division II tennis at Lincoln University in Missouri. Townsend has an older sister, Symone, who played college tennis at Florida A&M.[2][3]

Townsend started playing tennis at the age of six, and was one of the first junior players to participate in the XS Tennis program run by Kamau Murray.[4] Murray is better known for coaching Sloane Stephens to a Grand Slam title. When Townsend was eight years old, she moved to Atlanta to continue training with Donald Young's father. Townsend's mother is a close friend of Donald Young Sr., as they grew up together on the South Side of Chicago, where they trained at the same tennis center.

At age 14, Townsend moved to Boca Raton, Florida, to join the USTA development program. When the USTA decided not to fund Townsend's expenses to compete at the 2012 US Open, Murray and XS Tennis organized a fundraiser to cover nearly $1000 of the cost of the trip. After that, Townsend split time training with Murray in Chicago and Zina Garrison in the Washington, D.C. area. Townsend tries to model her game after her tennis idol, Martina Navratilova.[3][5][6]

On October 14, 2020, Townsend announced via social media that she was pregnant. She gave birth to her son, Adyn Aubrey, on March 14, 2021.[7][8]

Junior career

Townsend at 2012 US Open

Townsend won the 2012 Australian Open junior tournament at the age of 15 to become only the second American to ever win that title after Kim Kessaris in 1989. She also won the doubles title at the same event to become first American to win both the singles and doubles titles at a junior Grand Slam event since Lindsay Davenport accomplished the feat at the 1992 US Open.[9] A few months later, Townsend won the Easter Bowl to help complete her rise to No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings before the end of April.[10]

She continued her major success in doubles that year by winning the Wimbledon girls' doubles title with Eugenie Bouchard and the US Open title with Gabrielle Andrews, with whom she also partnered at the Australian Open. The only major that eluded Townsend was the French Open, where she lost in the semifinals while partnering with Bouchard. Additionally, she was able to win the US Open title in spite of being asked to sit out that tournament by the USTA over fitness concerns.[11] This was only the seventh year where a player or team was able to win three out of four Grand Slam doubles titles, with senior Grand Slam tournament champions Victoria Azarenka and Sloane Stephens among the others to complete this task. Townsend finished the season as the No. 1 ranked junior in the world, for which she was named the 2012 ITF Junior World Champion. She became the first American girl to hold this honor since Gretchen Rush in 1982.[2]

She continued to play on the junior tour in 2013 and reached another Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon, this time losing to Belinda Bencic. She also competed in the USTA Junior National Championship as the No. 4 seed and was knocked out in the semifinals by No. 2, Allie Kiick.

Professional career

Early years: WTA Tour doubles final

Townsend entered her first professional-level tournament in October 2010 at the age of 14 and was able to win her first career match. She also played in the doubles event at the 2011 US Open when she was 15 years old and reached the third round with her compatriot Jessica Pegula. She also received a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw and defeated world No. 122, Arantxa Parra Santonja, in the first round. The following year, Townsend requested another wildcard into the US Open and was declined because of the USTA's concerns about her fitness. The USTA received widespread criticism for this decision.[9][11][12]

Townsend made her WTA Tour debut in singles at the 2013 Indian Wells Open where she defeated Lucie Hradecká for her first tour-level match win. Her next tour main-draw appearance came at the Washington Open. After Townsend lost in singles, she competed in the doubles event with Eugenie Bouchard, her doubles partner from their Wimbledon girls' doubles title the previous summer. The duo made it all the way to the final, the first career final for either player.

2014: First Grand Slam match wins

Townsend at the 2014 Pan Pacific Open

In back-to-back weeks in the spring, Townsend played at two clay-court events on the USTA pro circuit at Charlottesville and Indian Harbour Beach. She won both the singles and doubles titles at each of these events, her first such ITF titles. Townsend partnered with Asia Muhammad in doubles at both tournaments. With this success, she won the USTA wild card entry into the French Open,[13] where Townsend made her major singles debut ranked No. 205. She defeated fellow American No. 65, Vania King, and upset the top-ranked French woman, world No. 21 Alizé Cornet, to advance to the third round, in which she lost to No. 15, Carla Suárez Navarro.[14] Sloane Stephens was the only other American woman to make it that far in the tournament.

Townsend also received wildcards to make her main-draw debuts at the last two major events of the year, Wimbledon and the US Open, but lost in the first round at each tournament. The latter loss was to Serena Williams, who went on to win the title.

2015: Top 100 debut, and decline

Townsend at the 2015 French Open

Townsend broke into the top 100 at the very start of the season, after reaching the second round at the Auckland Open. With a higher ranking, she gained direct entry into the Australian Open and lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the first round. In February, she made her Fed Cup debut against Argentina and won her only match, a dead rubber where she was partnered with CoCo Vandeweghe. Townsend then fell out of the top 100 in April and began to struggle with her form, winning just two matches on the ITF Circuit the rest of the year and none at the WTA Tour level. She finished the year ranked outside of the top 300.

2016: Resurgence, doubles dominance on the ITF Circuit

With a lower ranking, Townsend returned to playing ITF events almost exclusively. Her decision to switch back to her childhood coach, Donald Young sr. after the 2015 French Open eventually began to pay off as she regained her form in the spring.[15] In April, she repeated her feat from 2014 of winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Clay Court Classic in Charlottesville. This again helped her win the French Open Wild Card Challenge. After partnering with Asia Muhammad just once in 2015, the previously successful doubles team recombined to win five ITF doubles titles by the end of April, including back-to-back-to-back clay court titles at Pelham, Dothan, and Charlottesville. Townsend returned to the top 200 by May and got back to No. 154, after winning her first-round match at the French Open. From there, her ranking steadily rose to as high as No. 131 in the world near the end of the year. She also finished the season with eight ITF doubles titles to reach a year-end doubles ranking of No. 73.

2017: Return to top 100

Townsend at the 2017 French Open

Up until the very end of the year, Townsend maintained her ranking just outside of the top 100. She reached the third round of the Miami Open as a qualifier, her best result at a Premier tier tournament to date. In the spring, Townsend had a quieter clay-court season compared to the previous year, but still won a match at the French Open yet again. She produced another solid performance at a premier tournament in August, making it to the second round at the 2017 Cincinnati Open after needing to qualify for the main draw. Towards the end of the season, she won both the singles and doubles events at back-to-back tournaments for the second time in her career, this time at the $25k level. In her final tournament of the year, Townsend played in the Waco Showdown and dominated the early rounds, losing a total of just two games in her first three matches. Townsend ended up winning this $80k event for the biggest title of her career. With this result, she also returned to the top 100.

2018: Career-high ranking

In the spring, Townsend delivered an exemplary performance during the American ITF clay-court season. She reached the semifinals at two out of the four events (Indian Harbour Beach and Charlottesville) and won the title at the other two tournaments (Dothan and Charleston), both of which were $80k events. She also easily won the French Open Wild Card Challenge for the third time in her career. At the end of this stretch of events, Townsend reached a career-high ranking of No. 73 in the world.

She played for the Philadelphia Freedoms in the World TeamTennis league, where she was awarded the season's Female MVP.[16] The team lost in the WTT Finals.

2019–20: US Open fourth round in singles and semifinals in doubles

At the 2019 US Open, Townsend achieved her first victory against a top-10 player, upsetting world No. 4, Simona Halep, in a third-set tiebreaker in the second round.[17] She went one step further, defeating another Romanian, Sorana Cîrstea, to reach the fourth round for the first time in her career at a major and as a qualifier.

At the 2020 US Open, she reached the semifinals in doubles for the first time in her career at a major championship, partnering with Asia Muhammad.

2022: US Open final, French Open semifinal and best career year-end ranking in doubles

At the French Open, Townsend reached the semifinals for the first time in her career at this major, with Madison Keys as a protected ranking pair on their debut.[18] She also used her protected ranking to participate in the main draw in singles, after coming back from maternity leave.[19]

At the US Open, she ended runners-up in the doubles final with Caty McNally.[20]

2023: Second Major final, WTA 1000 title and world No. 5 in doubles

Townsend and doubles partner Leylah Fernandez embrace at the 2023 French Open

In singles, she received a wildcard for the 2023 Australian Open where she won her first-round match against Ysaline Bonaventure. In doubles, Townsend started 2023 with her second and third titles on the WTA Tour by winning both editions of the Adelaide International, partnering Asia Muhammad at the Adelaide 1 and Luisa Stefani at the Adelaide 2.[21][22] As a result, she reached a new career-high in doubles in the top 20, on 27 February 2023.

At the Miami Open, she was moved directly into the main draw from the qualifying draw, where she defeated Anna Bondar in the first round. In doubles, partnering with Leylah Fernandez, they reached the final where they lost to American No. 1 duo, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula. As a result, she moved to a new career high in the doubles rankings of No. 14, on 3 April 2023.

She entered the top 10 at world No. 6, after reaching the semifinals with Fernandez at the Madrid Open. At the Italian Open, she reached the third round in singles of a WTA 1000 only for the second time in her career, defeating again Ysaline Bonaventure and third seed Jessica Pegula for her first top-5 win of the season and only second in her career.[23] Next, she reached the final of the WTA 125 at Firenze where she lost to Jasmine Paolini.[24] Later in May, Townsend won three matches in the qualifying to enter in the main draw of the French Open but lost to 24th seed Anastasia Potapova. At the same tournament, she reached her second major final with Leylah Fernandez.[25] As a result, she moved to a new career-high ranking of world No. 5 in doubles, on 12 June 2023.

In doubles in Cincinnati, Townsend paired with Alycia Parks for the first time. They won the title, defeating Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.[26]

World TeamTennis

Townsend has played six seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2013 with the Sacramento Capitals. She has since played for the Philadelphia Freedoms from 2014 to 2019, even earning the 2018 WTT Female MVP honor by having the top winning percentage in women's singles and women's doubles for the season. It was announced she will be joining the Philadelphia Freedoms during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[27]

Townsend paired up with Fabrice Martin in mixed doubles and Caroline Dolehide and Sofia Kenin in women's doubles throughout the 2020 season. The Freedoms earned a No. 1 seed headed into WTT Playoffs, but ultimately fell to the New York Empire, who would continue on to win the Championship, in the semifinal.

2012 US Open controversy

Townsend was asked by the USTA to sit out of the 2012 US Open Junior tournament because of her weight and also denied her request for a wild card for the US Open main-draw or the qualifying tournament, which she had received the year before.[9] Patrick McEnroe stated, "Our concern is her long-term health, number one, and her long-term development as a player. We have one goal in mind: For her to be playing in Arthur Ashe Stadium in the main draw and competing for major titles when it's time."[11] Townsend was shocked by the USTA's decision given that she was the top-ranked junior girl in the world.[28]

The decision was sharply criticized by players like Lindsay Davenport and Martina Navratilova.[12] Sports Illustrated wrote, "Instead of helping a promising young talent gain that confidence and experience gleaned from competing, the USTA has taken a paternalistic tack, deeming itself the arbiter and architect behind Townsend's past, present and future success. It's the arrogance of institution built on the belief that there is a tried-and-true formula to build a champion."[9]

The USTA at first refused to pay for Townsend's expenses,[11] so she paid to enter the tournament and was defeated in the quarterfinals by Anett Kontaveit, in straight sets. Later, the USTA agreed to pay for Townsend's expenses as Patrick McEnroe spoke of a miscommunication.[29] Still, the USTA decision cost Townsend an opportunity to compete for a wildcard to enter the main draw of the US Open.[28]

Following the controversy, Townsend split from her USTA coaches and began training with former world No. 4, Olympic doubles gold medalist, and 1990 Wimbledon finalist Zina Garrison, who continued to coach her until 2015.[30][31]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[32]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R A Q3 1R 1R 2R A A 2R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
French Open A A A 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R A A 1R 1R 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Wimbledon A A A 1R A Q2 Q1 2R 2R NH A A Q3 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open Q2 A Q3 1R Q2 1R 1R 2R 4R 1R A 1R 3R 0 / 8 6–8 43%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–4 4–4 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–3 0–1 0 / 25 15–25 38%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R NH A A Q1 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Miami Open A A A A A A 3R Q1 2R NH A A 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A NH A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 –
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Open A A A 2R Q1 A 2R A A Q1 A 1R Q2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Guadalajara Open NH A 3R NTI 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 0–0 0 / 15 13–15 46%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 3 6 5 3 7 7 8 3 0 4 7 2 Career total: 55
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 5–6 2–5 1–3 5–7 5–7 7–8 1–3 0–0 1–4 8–7 1–2 0 / 55 37–55 40%
Year-end ranking 428 676 308 102 304 132 105 74 84 89 293 131 80

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R 2R A A 2R 3R 0 / 6 6–6 50%
French Open A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R A A SF F 0 / 5 10–5 67%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q2 1R A 1R NH A A 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open 3R A 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R SF A F QF 0 / 11 18–11 62%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–3 3–4 4–2 0–0 9–2 10–4 2–1 0 / 25 35–25 58%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A A A G2 A A A A A A RR RR 0 / 2 3–1 75%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A 2R A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 2 2–1 67%
Miami Open A A A A A A 1R A A NH A A F 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A NH A A SF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Cincinnati Open A A A 2R A A A A A 2R A 1R W 1 / 4 7–3 70%
Guadalajara Open NH A QF NTI 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 14–4 0–0 1 / 10 17–8 68%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 3 4 5 2 9 3 5 4 0 4 12 2 Career total: 54
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 Career total: 5
Finals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 Career total: 10
Overall win–loss 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–3 6–3 4–2 2–9 1–3 6–5 9–3 0–0 10–4 34–10 5–1 5 / 54 84–47 64%
Year-end ranking 234 546 190 156 124 73 150 153 89 67 134 33 7

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A QF 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A A A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–0 100%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open 1R A A SF 2R 1R A 1R A NH A A SF 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–3 0–1 0 / 10 11–9 55%

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 US Open Hard United States Caty McNally Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 		6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 2023 French Open Clay Canada Leylah Fernandez Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Wang Xinyu 		6–1, 6–7(5–7), 1–6

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2023 Miami Open Hard Canada Leylah Fernandez United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula 		6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 2023 Cincinnati Open Hard United States Alycia Parks United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–2)
WTA 1000 (1–1)
WTA 500 (3–0)
International / WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Washington Open,
United States 		International Hard Canada Eugenie Bouchard Japan Shuko Aoyama
Russia Vera Dushevina 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2019 Auckland Classic,
New Zealand 		International Hard New Zealand Paige Hourigan Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Sofia Kenin 		6–1, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 1–2 Jan 2020 Auckland Classic,
New Zealand 		International Hard United States Asia Muhammad United States Serena Williams
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Sep 2022 US Open,
United States 		Grand Slam Hard United States Caty McNally Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 		6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jan 2023 Adelaide International,
Australia 		WTA 500 Hard United States Asia Muhammad Australia Storm Hunter
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 		6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win 3–3 Jan 2023 Adelaide International,
Australia (2) 		WTA 500 Hard Brazil Luisa Stefani Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 		7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 3–4 Apr 2023 Miami Open,
United States 		WTA 1000 Hard Canada Leylah Fernandez United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula 		6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 3–5 Jun 2023 French Open,
France 		Grand Slam Clay Canada Leylah Fernandez Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Wang Xinyu 		6–1, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 4–5 Aug 2023 Cincinnati Open,
United States 		WTA 1000 Hard United States Alycia Parks United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Win 5–5 Jan 2024 Adelaide International,
Australia (3) 		WTA 500 Hard Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia France Caroline Garcia
France Kristina Mladenovic 		7–5, 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 WTA 125 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Jasmine Paolini 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2018 WTA 125 Indian Wells,
United States 		Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United States Jennifer Brady
United States Vania King 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jan 2019 WTA 125 Newport Beach,
United States 		Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United States Hayley Carter
Japan Ena Shibahara 		3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 1–2 Mar 2019 WTA 125 Indian Wells,
United States 		Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
Russia Evgeniya Rodina 		6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2020 WTA 125 Indian Wells,
United States (2) 		Hard United States Asia Muhammad United States Caty McNally
United States Jessica Pegula 		6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (14 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$75/80,000 tournaments (5–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–0)
Clay (7–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2014 ITF Charlottesville, United States 50,000 Clay Paraguay Montserrat González 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2014 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 50,000 Clay Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–1 Apr 2016 ITF Dothan, United States 50,000 Clay Sweden Rebecca Peterson 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2016 ITF Charlottesville, United States (2) 50,000 Clay United States Grace Min 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–2 May 2016 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 75,000 Clay United States Jennifer Brady 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 May 2017 ITF Naples, United States 25,000 Clay Russia Sofya Zhuk 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–3 Oct 2017 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard Norway Ulrikke Eikeri 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–3 Oct 2017 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure 6–1, 7–5
Win 6–3 Nov 2017 ITF Waco, United States 80,000 Hard Croatia Ajla Tomljanović 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 7–3 Apr 2018 ITF Dothan, United States 80,000 Clay Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win 8–3 May 2018 ITF Charleston, United States 80,000 Clay United States Madison Brengle 6–0, 6–4
Win 9–3 Jun 2018 ITF Sumter, United States 25,000 Hard France Alizé Lim w/o
Win 10–3 May 2019 ITF Charleston, United States (2) 100,000 Clay United States Whitney Osuigwe 6–4, 6–4
Win 11–3 May 2022 ITF Charleston, United States (3) 100,000 Clay China Wang Xiyu 6–3, 6–2
Win 12–3 Oct 2022 ITF Tyler, United States 80,000 Hard China Yuan Yue 6–4, 6–2
Win 13–3 Oct 2023 ITF Templeton, United States 60,000 Hard Mexico Renata Zarazúa 6–3, 6–1
Win 14–3 Oct 2023 ITF Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Hungary Panna Udvardy 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$75/80,000 tournaments (2–2)
$50,000 tournaments (10–3)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–6)
Clay (8–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 ITF Albuquerque,
United States 		75,000 Hard United States Melanie Oudin Greece Eleni Daniilidou
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 		4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 0–2 Nov 2013 ITF New Braunfels,
United States 		50,000 Hard United States Asia Muhammad Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 		6–3, 3–6, [11–13]
Win 1–2 Apr 2014 ITF Charlottesville,
United States 		50,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad United States Irina Falconi
United States Maria Sanchez 		6–3, 6–1
Win 2–2 May 2014 ITF Indian Harbour Beach,
United States 		50,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad United States Jan Abaza
United States Sanaz Marand 		6–2, 6–1
Win 3–2 Oct 2014 ITF Toronto,
Canada 		50,000 Hard (i) United States Maria Sanchez Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Germany Tatjana Maria 		7–5, 4–6, [15–13]
Win 4–2 May 2015 ITF Indian Harbour Beach,
United States (2) 		50,000 Clay United States Maria Sanchez Russia Angelina Gabueva
United States Alexandra Stevenson 		6–0, 6–1
Loss 4–3 Jan 2016 ITF Maui,
United States 		50,000 Hard United States Jessica Pegula United States Asia Muhammad
United States Maria Sanchez 		2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–3 Feb 2016 ITF Rancho Santa Fe,
United States 		25,000 Hard United States Asia Muhammad United States Jessica Pegula
Canada Carol Zhao 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Apr 2016 ITF Osprey,
United States 		50,000 Hard United States Asia Muhammad United States Louisa Chirico
United States Katerina Stewart 		6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Win 7–3 Apr 2016 ITF Pelham,
United States 		25,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad United States Sophie Chang
United States Caitlin Whoriskey 		6–2, 6–3
Win 8–3 Apr 2016 ITF Dothan,
United States 		50,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad United States Caitlin Whoriskey
United States Keri Wong 		6–0, 6–1
Win 9–3 Apr 2016 ITF Charlottesville,
United States (2) 		50,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad Russia Alexandra Panova
United States Shelby Rogers 		7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss 9–4 Sep 2016 ITF Atlanta,
United States 		50,000 Hard United States Alexandra Stevenson United States Ingrid Neel
Brazil Luisa Stefani 		6–4, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 10–4 Oct 2016 ITF Macon,
United States 		50,000 Hard Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek United States Sabrina Santamaria
United States Keri Wong 		3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 11–4 Nov 2016 ITF Scottsdale,
United States 		50,000 Hard United States Ingrid Neel United States Samantha Crawford
United States Melanie Oudin 		6–4, 6–3
Win 12–4 Nov 2016 ITF Waco,
United States 		50,000 Hard Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Mexico Renata Zarazúa 		w/o
Loss 12–5 May 2017 ITF Naples,
United States 		25,000 Clay United States Danielle Collins United States Emina Bektas
United States Sanaz Marand 		6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win 13–5 Oct 2017 ITF Sumter,
United States 		25,000 Hard United States Jessica Pegula United States Alexandra Mueller
United States Caitlin Whoriskey 		4–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win 14–5 Oct 2017 ITF Florence,
United States 		25,000 Hard United States Maria Sanchez United Kingdom Tara Moore
Switzerland Amra Sadiković 		6–1, 6–2
Win 15–5 Nov 2017 ITF Tyler,
United States 		80,000 Hard United States Jessica Pegula United States Jamie Loeb
Sweden Rebecca Peterson 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 15–6 Nov 2017 ITF Waco,
United States 		80,000 Hard United States Jessica Pegula United States Sofia Kenin
Russia Anastasiya Komardina 		5–7, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss 15–7 Feb 2018 ITF Rancho Santa Fe,
United States 		25,000 Hard Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria 		7–6(8–6), 1–6, [6–10]
Win 16–7 Apr 2019 ITF Charlottesville,
United States (3) 		80,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Poland Katarzyna Kawa 		4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win 17–7 May 2019 ITF Charleston,
United States 		100,000 Clay United States Asia Muhammad United States Madison Brengle
United States Lauren Davis 		6–2, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2012 Australian Open Hard Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2013 Wimbledon Grass Switzerland Belinda Bencic 6–4, 1–6, 4–6

Girls' doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2011 US Open Hard United States Gabrielle Andrews Russia Irina Khromacheva
Netherlands Demi Schuurs 		4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 2012 Australian Open Hard United States Gabrielle Andrews Russia Irina Khromacheva
Montenegro Danka Kovinić 		5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Win 2012 Wimbledon Grass Canada Eugenie Bouchard Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Croatia Ana Konjuh 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2012 US Open Hard United States Gabrielle Andrews Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Slovakia Petra Uberalová 		6–4, 6–3

Head-to-head records

Townsend's match record against players who have been ranked at some point in their careers in the top 10. Those who are active in boldface.[33]

Player Years Record Win % Hard Clay Grass
Number 1 ranked players
Romania Simona Halep 2017–19 1–3 25% 1–2 0–1 –
Serbia Ana Ivanovic 2013 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 2019 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
United States Serena Williams 2014 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 2015–16 0–3 0% 0–3 – –
Number 2 ranked players
Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2014 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Spain Paula Badosa 2024 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Tunisia Ons Jabeur 2018 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 2017 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 2017 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 2018 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Number 3 ranked players
United States Coco Gauff 2019 1–0 100% – 1–0 –
United States Jessica Pegula 2013–23 3–1 75% 2–1 1–0 –
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2016 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
United States Sloane Stephens 2019–23 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Number 4 ranked players
United States Sofia Kenin 2016–23 1–3 25% 1–0 0–2 0–1
Canada Bianca Andreescu 2019 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Switzerland Belinda Bencic 2019 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Netherlands Kiki Bertens 2019 0–1 0% – – 0–1
Australia Samantha Stosur 2015 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
France Caroline Garcia 2020–22 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 –
Number 5 ranked players
Italy Sara Errani 2023 1–0 100% – 1–0 –
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 2018 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Number 6 ranked players
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 2014 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 2023 0–1 0% – 0–1 –
Italy Flavia Pennetta 2014 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Number 7 ranked players
Italy Roberta Vinci 2017 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
China Zheng Qinwen 2019 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
United States Danielle Collins 2016–18 2–1 67% 2–1 – –
Number 8 ranked players
Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 2023 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Russia Daria Kasatkina 2015–22 0–2 0% 0–2 – –
Number 9 ranked players
Germany Julia Görges 2014–19 2–0 100% 1–0 1–0 –
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 2020 1–0 100% 1–0 – –
Germany Andrea Petkovic 2013–18 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 –
Number 10 ranked players
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 2019–23 2–0 100% 2–0 – –
France Kristina Mladenovic 2014 0–1 0% 0–1 – –
Total 2013–24 18–38 32% 14–26 4–10 0–2

Wins over top 10 players

Townsend has a 2–11 (15.4%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[34]

Season 2013–2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TT Rank
2019
1. Romania Simona Halep No. 4 US Open, United States Hard 2R 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) No. 116
2023
2. United States Jessica Pegula No. 3 Italian Open; Italy Clay 2R 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 No. 168

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