Madrid Open: Taylor Townsend vs. Katie Boulter - prediction, form, head-to-head

Taylor Townsend seeks to lick her Katie Boulter puzzle connected Tuesday, erstwhile the American faces the erstwhile British No. 1 successful the Madrid Open archetypal round.

The American has ne'er defeated the Brit astatine immoderate level, and she seeks to execute a archetypal successful the Spanish capital, wherever she is competing successful the main gully for lone the 2nd time.

Match preview

Townsend makes her archetypal singles quality of 2026 connected clay successful Madrid, but she indispensable decision Boulter for the archetypal clip connected the women’s circuit to scope circular two.

To execute that, the American indispensable besides unafraid a maiden triumph astatine the WTA 1000 event, wherever she has ne'er won.

The 30-year-old left-hander was beaten successful the opening circular 2 years ago, losing successful 3 choky sets to teen Mirra Andreeva aft taking the opening set.

Having missed retired connected the tourney 12 months ago, she present seeks to interruption caller crushed successful the Spanish superior by advancing to a second-round lucifer astatine a 1000-level lawsuit erstwhile again.

Although she did not diagnostic successful Qatar oregon Doha, Townsend reached circular 2 of the Sunshine Swing successful 2026 and bids to widen her seven-tournament tally of advancing to astatine slightest a 2nd lucifer astatine WTA 1000 events.

Standing successful her mode is Boulter, who has ne'er exited successful Madrid successful an opening match, but the satellite No. 61 seeks to marque it 3rd clip fortunate this twelvemonth by reaching the 3rd circular for the archetypal time.

While an brushwood with 5th effect Jessica Pegula awaits Tuesday’s winner, the erstwhile satellite No. 23 indispensable archetypal decision her American hostile earlier looking that acold up arsenic she aims to interruption caller crushed successful Madrid.

The 29-year-old enters the 5th 1000-level lawsuit of the twelvemonth caller from reaching the quarter-finals successful Rouen, wherever she claimed wins implicit Maria Timofeeva and Jaqueline Cristian earlier falling to Veronika Podrez.

While it marked her 3rd last-eight quality of 2026 — the Brit was a finalist successful Ostrava and a quarter-finalist successful Merida — advancing to the quarter-finals connected clay earlier Madrid was admirable preparation, particularly aft an aboriginal exit to Elena Gabriela Ruse successful Linz.

Although a imaginable lucifer against Pegula awaits Boulter if she wins connected Tuesday, avoiding her archetypal opening-match exit successful Madrid is the four-time WTA champion’s superior objective.

Head To Head

China Open (2024) – Round of 64: Boulter 6-4 6-4

Miami (2018) – Qualifying: Boulter 7-6(1) 6-2

Santa Fe (2018) – Round of 32: Boulter 6-3 7-5

While Boulter and Townsend person faced disconnected conscionable erstwhile successful a main-draw match, the British prima holds a 3-0 pb successful their head-to-head crossed each tours.

The pair’s lone gathering successful a tournament’s main gully came 2 years agone successful Beijing, wherever the erstwhile satellite No. 23 got the amended of the American successful 2 choky sets, losing service erstwhile and breaking her hostile connected 3 occasions from 12 opportunities.

Both players besides faced disconnected successful 2018 successful Santa Fe and successful Miami Open qualifying, with Boulter again coming retired connected apical successful 2 sets, and she heads into Tuesday having ne'er dropped a acceptable against the left-hander.

We say: Boulter to triumph successful 2 sets

Boulter looks the stronger prime successful 2 sets, not slightest due to the fact that Townsend has ne'er beaten her and has ne'er won a lucifer successful Madrid.

With the Brit arriving aft a coagulated quarter-final showing connected clay successful Rouen, she appears primed to advance.