H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Belinda Bencic vs Taylor Townsend H2H: 2-0

Belinda Bencic holds a 2–0 lead over Taylor Townsend in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Belinda Bencic leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Belinda Bencic won the 2026 Canadian Open third round 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-4.

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Belinda Bencic
Switzerland Age 29 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Taylor Townsend
United States Age 30 Left-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Belinda Bencic #14 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-4 Taylor Townsend #110 Match data Aug 7, 2026 R32 Canadian Open WTA 1000 Hard
Belinda Bencic #21 6-2 7-5 Taylor Townsend #83 Match data Apr 5, 2019* R16 Charleston Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Belinda Bencic #12 #4 4,745 2,035 310 192 61.8% 0 1 2 0 7 0 10
Taylor Townsend #96 #46 1,267 1,886 74 88 45.7% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Belinda Bencic Taylor Townsend
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2012 0–1 0.0% #612 1,498 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 2013 2–3 40.0% #184 1,512 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2014 18–17 51.4% #32 1,687 0 0 2013 1–3 25.0% #365 1,502 0 0
18 2015 40–21 65.6% #14 1,916 0 2 2014 5–6 45.5% #104 1,573 0 0
19 2016 18–21 46.2% #43 1,682 0 2 2015 2–5 28.6% #309 1,557 0 0
20 2017 3–8 27.3% #98 1,684 0 2 2016 1–3 25.0% #135 1,570 0 0
21 2018 14–14 50.0% #54 1,719 0 2 2017 5–7 41.7% #94 1,624 0 0
22 2019 48–21 69.6% #8 1,919 0 4 2018 5–7 41.7% #90 1,633 0 0
23 2020 7–7 50.0% #12 1,848 0 4 2019 7–8 46.7% #81 1,683 0 0
24 2021 34–19 64.2% #23 1,902 0 5 2020 1–3 25.0% #89 1,627 0 0
25 2022 38–19 66.7% #12 1,908 0 6 — — — — — — —
26 2023 31–13 70.5% #17 1,925 0 8 2022 1–4 20.0% #133 1,647 0 0
27 — — — — — — — 2023 8–7 53.3% #81 1,741 0 0
28 2025 36–16 69.2% #11 2,004 0 10 2024 15–16 48.4% #68 1,785 0 0
29 2026 21–12 63.6% #12 1,973 0 10 2025 9–8 52.9% #117 1,828 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 2026 14–11 56.0% #96 1,881 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Belinda Bencic Taylor Townsend
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 2012 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 10 9 19 52.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
18 2015 23 12 35 65.7% 3 6 9 33.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 2014 3 4 7 42.9% 2 1 3 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
19 2016 14 16 30 46.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 2015 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 2017 3 8 11 27.3% — — — — — — — — 2016 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
21 2018 9 11 20 45.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2017 4 6 10 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
22 2019 30 12 42 71.4% 11 6 17 64.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 2018 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2020 7 6 13 53.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2019 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2021 24 11 35 68.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 2020 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2022 19 12 31 61.3% 13 4 17 76.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2023 24 10 34 70.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 2022 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 2025 28 11 39 71.8% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2024 13 10 23 56.5% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
29 2026 10 7 17 58.8% 8 4 12 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 2025 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 12 7 19 63.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career — 203 128 331 61.3% 53 39 92 57.6% 54 25 79 68.4% — 58 61 119 48.7% 14 20 34 41.2% 2 7 9 22.2%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 447/506 of Belinda Bencic's and 158/162 of Taylor Townsend's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Belinda Bencic Taylor Townsend
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
15 2012 1/1 1.0 2.0 60.0% 56.7% 25.0% 58.3% 33.3% 44.0% 37.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 5/5 2.8 4.6 57.6% 63.2% 44.7% 31.0% 45.6% 55.2% 44.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 30/35 2.7 3.4 58.2% 63.1% 42.2% 47.6% 46.5% 54.5% 44.1% 2013 4/4 2.0 4.8 55.2% 55.1% 39.1% 39.3% 39.0% 48.0% 35.3%
18 2015 50/61 2.1 3.0 66.1% 65.0% 50.9% 49.8% 46.0% 60.1% 42.0% 2014 11/11 2.3 5.2 62.4% 59.8% 43.5% 56.2% 39.8% 53.7% 39.8%
19 2016 35/39 2.2 4.9 60.9% 65.0% 43.9% 55.0% 39.1% 56.6% 39.7% 2015 7/7 3.6 3.0 62.4% 59.1% 54.6% 50.0% 26.1% 57.1% 33.6%
20 2017 11/12 2.4 4.7 59.2% 64.6% 40.9% 52.1% 53.3% 55.3% 38.8% 2016 4/4 1.5 2.3 60.1% 65.5% 43.4% 60.0% 41.7% 56.1% 39.0%
21 2018 25/28 2.9 4.0 63.8% 64.7% 43.4% 54.8% 47.8% 57.2% 43.1% 2017 12/12 1.8 2.3 69.4% 58.5% 44.9% 49.7% 44.3% 54.2% 43.2%
22 2019 64/69 3.0 4.8 62.0% 68.6% 46.9% 51.4% 47.6% 60.3% 45.5% 2018 12/12 2.7 2.6 65.7% 59.6% 46.9% 66.8% 43.8% 55.4% 39.2%
23 2020 14/14 3.5 5.4 60.4% 65.1% 40.4% 47.6% 53.4% 55.5% 39.5% 2019 15/15 3.3 2.3 64.6% 64.5% 49.1% 59.2% 49.1% 59.0% 39.5%
24 2021 45/53 3.8 5.1 59.8% 70.6% 47.5% 57.7% 44.0% 61.4% 41.2% 2020 4/4 3.8 3.3 69.3% 63.5% 43.9% 70.8% 49.1% 57.2% 37.6%
25 2022 56/57 3.5 4.3 63.2% 70.8% 49.0% 62.0% 48.2% 62.7% 43.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 2023 42/44 3.1 4.2 60.7% 70.3% 52.4% 54.1% 53.3% 63.2% 44.6% 2022 5/5 2.6 2.6 63.4% 62.4% 50.1% 59.4% 52.6% 58.0% 40.7%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 15/15 4.7 1.7 66.0% 68.3% 53.2% 57.1% 39.3% 63.1% 41.2%
28 2025 39/54 1.9 2.9 64.8% 67.0% 46.4% 55.6% 49.4% 59.7% 43.1% 2024 31/31 5.9 2.6 64.3% 67.6% 46.1% 48.8% 39.3% 59.9% 41.2%
29 2026 30/34 2.0 3.5 63.6% 67.9% 51.1% 61.4% 53.9% 62.0% 47.5% 2025 14/17 5.1 2.6 68.8% 67.3% 47.7% 59.6% 41.0% 61.5% 40.8%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 24/25 4.4 1.8 65.5% 67.6% 48.3% 60.0% 46.1% 61.0% 42.9%
Career — 447/506 2.8 4.1 62.2% 67.5% 47.2% 54.4% 47.8% 59.8% 43.2% — 158/162 4.0 2.6 65.1% 64.5% 47.5% 56.2% 42.3% 58.6% 40.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Belinda Bencic Taylor Townsend
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 2012 1498 109.0 +0.38 +1.75 0.665 40.6% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 1512 112.4 -1.40 -1.46 0.993 49.7% +35 — — 41.7% -0.08 1–1 — — +0.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 1687 133.0 -1.06 +0.66 0.968 49.4% -36 -88 -56 46.8% -0.19 7–4 (64%) 1–5 (17%) 103.6 -0.45 2013 1502 104.1 -0.84 -1.79 0.678 42.7% +26 — — 22.2% -2.89 1–0 1–0 — -0.50
18 2015 1917 142.9 +1.98 +1.43 1.055 50.8% -43 -371 -32 61.7% +0.71 13–5 (72%) 10–7 (59%) 110.5 +0.12 2014 1574 128.6 -0.80 -1.58 0.859 47.1% -6 +13 — 42.3% -0.58 3–1 (75%) 2–0 — -0.82
19 2016 1682 132.7 +0.67 -2.42 0.916 48.4% +13 — +122 50.6% +0.01 8–5 (62%) 5–5 (50%) 98.8 +0.39 2015 1557 114.7 -0.50 -1.91 0.784 45.4% +10 — — 29.4% -1.29 2–1 (67%) 1–2 (33%) 100.9 -0.54
20 2017 1684 116.5 +0.34 -2.98 0.868 47.5% +4 — — 33.3% -1.00 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — -0.56 2016 1571 109.8 +0.84 -0.72 0.888 46.9% — — — 33.3% -1.11 0–1 — — +0.05
21 2018 1720 131.9 +0.41 +0.77 1.005 50.1% -15 — +137 50.8% -0.14 4–7 (36%) 6–3 (67%) 98.4 -0.88 2017 1625 115.8 -1.20 -0.43 0.943 48.6% +23 — — 42.9% -0.57 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — +0.49
22 2019 1919 153.4 +3.67 +3.33 1.146 52.8% +7 -198 -22 63.7% +0.75 19–10 (66%) 11–3 (79%) 113.3 -0.19 2018 1634 117.5 -0.54 -2.71 0.880 47.3% -7 -71 — 42.9% -0.78 2–2 (50%) — — -0.28
23 2020 1849 132.9 -0.10 -2.02 0.889 47.8% +28 — — 53.1% -0.50 1–3 (25%) 4–0 (100%) 98.8 +0.36 2019 1684 129.6 +1.95 -1.49 0.963 49.3% -20 -103 — 50.0% -0.34 3–5 (38%) 4–1 (80%) 101.7 -0.42
24 2021 1903 145.9 +4.09 -0.65 1.068 51.2% +31 -180 +37 57.6% +0.47 12–4 (75%) 8–1 (89%) 110.4 +2.66 2020 1627 106.3 +0.06 -1.17 0.878 47.6% -7 — — 33.3% -1.00 0–1 1–1 — +0.01
25 2022 1908 148.8 +4.85 +1.47 1.169 52.9% +16 -43 +29 62.3% +0.89 16–10 (62%) 8–9 (47%) 99.1 -0.23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2023 1926 154.5 +5.48 +2.15 1.211 53.6% +23 -57 +17 65.6% +0.99 9–5 (64%) 9–5 (64%) 102.7 +0.65 2022 1647 115.1 +0.27 -1.15 0.969 49.3% +6 — — 33.3% -0.92 0–2 — — +0.05
27 2024 1909 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1741 131.8 +3.65 -0.47 1.118 51.9% -39 -60 — 55.6% +0.61 2–4 (33%) 3–1 (75%) 100.2 +0.21
28 2025 2004 160.1 +2.92 +0.83 1.069 51.4% +49 -160 +82 62.8% +0.71 14–6 (70%) 10–6 (63%) 106.3 -1.96 2024 1786 139.0 +2.59 -0.84 1.026 50.1% +32 -149 — 48.6% +0.10 6–6 (50%) 5–4 (56%) 100.9 -0.68
29 2026 1974 156.2 +4.57 +3.87 1.249 54.5% +39 -54 +88 66.7% +1.17 4–8 (33%) 5–3 (63%) 94.0 +0.87 2025 1829 135.5 +2.83 -0.68 1.059 51.0% +19 — — 52.6% -0.08 2–2 (50%) 3–4 (43%) 99.1 -0.55
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 1882 146.3 +3.98 +1.43 1.101 51.8% +41 -197 — 55.2% +0.40 4–4 (50%) 6–3 (67%) 102.5 -1.62
Career — 2036 153.4 +2.84 +1.04 1.075 51.4% +11 -139 +28 58.8% +0.52 110–70 (61%) 78–48 (62%) 110.9 +0.11 — 1887 139.3 +1.70 -0.76 0.978 49.4% +13 -107 — 46.8% -0.25 27–31 (47%) 27–17 (61%) 105.7 -2.84

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.