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

Taylor Townsend vs Simona Halep H2H: 1-3

Simona Halep holds a 3–1 lead over Taylor Townsend in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Simona Halep leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Taylor Townsend won the 2019 US Open second round 2-6 6-3 7-6(4).

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Taylor Townsend
United States Age 30 Left-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H
1 – 3
4 main-draw meetings
Simona Halep
ROU Age 34 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Taylor Townsend #116 2-6 6-3 7-6(4) Simona Halep #4 Match data Aug 29, 2019* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Simona Halep #3 6-1 6-3 Taylor Townsend #96 Match data Mar 22, 2019* R64 Miami Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Simona Halep #1 6-3 6-1 Taylor Townsend #72 Match data May 31, 2018* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Simona Halep #2 6-4 6-1 Taylor Townsend #134 Match data Aug 17, 2017* R32 Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

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 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Taylor Townsend #96 #46 1,267 1,886 74 88 45.7% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simona Halep #873 #1 8,290 2,120 449 201 69.1% 2 9 1 3 9 24

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 Taylor Townsend Simona Halep
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2013 1–3 25.0% #365 1,502 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2014 5–6 45.5% #104 1,573 0 0 2010 7–9 43.8% #84 1,552 0 0
19 2015 2–5 28.6% #309 1,557 0 0 2011 16–22 42.1% #47 1,591 0 0
20 2016 1–3 25.0% #135 1,570 0 0 2012 23–24 48.9% #47 1,691 0 0
21 2017 5–7 41.7% #94 1,624 0 0 2013 50–17 74.6% #11 2,003 0 6
22 2018 5–7 41.7% #90 1,633 0 0 2014 46–18 71.9% #3 1,995 0 8
23 2019 7–8 46.7% #81 1,683 0 0 2015 49–16 75.4% #2 1,934 0 11
24 2020 1–3 25.0% #89 1,627 0 0 2016 43–16 72.9% #4 1,980 0 14
25 — — — — — — — 2017 45–18 71.4% #1 1,988 0 15
26 2022 1–4 20.0% #133 1,647 0 0 2018 45–12 78.9% #1 2,013 1 18
27 2023 8–7 53.3% #81 1,741 0 0 2019 39–17 69.6% #4 1,942 2 19
28 2024 15–16 48.4% #68 1,785 0 0 2020 23–3 88.5% #2 2,060 2 22
29 2025 9–8 52.9% #117 1,828 0 0 2021 24–13 64.9% #20 2,002 2 22
30 2026 14–11 56.0% #96 1,881 0 0 2022 39–13 75.0% #10 2,030 2 24
32 — — — — — — — 2024 0–2 0.0% #873 1,953 2 24
33 — — — — — — — 2025 0–1 0.0% — 1,926 2 24

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 Taylor Townsend Simona Halep
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2013 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2014 3 4 7 42.9% 2 1 3 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2010 0 3 3 0.0% 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — — — — —
19 2015 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2011 10 12 22 45.5% 5 8 13 38.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
20 2016 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2012 14 14 28 50.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2017 4 6 10 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2013 28 10 38 73.7% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 1 7 85.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2018 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2014 23 11 34 67.6% 17 4 21 81.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2019 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2015 41 10 51 80.4% 6 4 10 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
24 2020 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 25 12 37 67.6% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — —
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 21 13 34 61.8% 18 3 21 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
26 2022 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2018 28 8 36 77.8% 15 3 18 83.3% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
27 2023 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2019 21 13 34 61.8% 9 3 12 75.0% 9 1 10 90.0% — — — —
28 2024 13 10 23 56.5% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2020 10 2 12 83.3% 13 1 14 92.9% — — — — — — — —
29 2025 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2021 20 10 30 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
30 2026 12 7 19 63.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2022 23 7 30 76.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 11 3 14 78.6% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 58 61 119 48.7% 14 20 34 41.2% 2 7 9 22.2% — — — — — 264 128 392 67.3% 138 52 190 72.6% 47 18 65 72.3% 0 3 3 0.0%

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 158/162 of Taylor Townsend's and 575/649 of Simona Halep'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 Taylor Townsend Simona Halep
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%
17 2013 4/4 2.0 4.8 55.2% 55.1% 39.1% 39.3% 39.0% 48.0% 35.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2014 11/11 2.3 5.2 62.4% 59.8% 43.5% 56.2% 39.8% 53.7% 39.8% 2010 14/16 2.1 3.6 61.8% 57.8% 51.1% 56.0% 57.5% 55.3% 46.1%
19 2015 7/7 3.6 3.0 62.4% 59.1% 54.6% 50.0% 26.1% 57.1% 33.6% 2011 35/38 1.5 4.1 62.3% 60.2% 43.3% 47.7% 49.8% 53.8% 43.5%
20 2016 4/4 1.5 2.3 60.1% 65.5% 43.4% 60.0% 41.7% 56.1% 39.0% 2012 42/47 1.1 3.2 66.2% 57.6% 45.9% 52.4% 51.2% 53.5% 44.3%
21 2017 12/12 1.8 2.3 69.4% 58.5% 44.9% 49.7% 44.3% 54.2% 43.2% 2013 57/67 1.9 3.0 66.6% 63.1% 48.5% 55.7% 59.5% 58.3% 49.4%
22 2018 12/12 2.7 2.6 65.7% 59.6% 46.9% 66.8% 43.8% 55.4% 39.2% 2014 53/64 2.4 3.2 60.5% 66.8% 50.7% 54.1% 56.9% 60.4% 48.8%
23 2019 15/15 3.3 2.3 64.6% 64.5% 49.1% 59.2% 49.1% 59.0% 39.5% 2015 48/65 2.2 3.5 66.3% 66.5% 51.9% 52.0% 53.6% 61.4% 47.1%
24 2020 4/4 3.8 3.3 69.3% 63.5% 43.9% 70.8% 49.1% 57.2% 37.6% 2016 51/59 1.8 2.0 66.5% 64.3% 51.4% 48.5% 54.4% 60.0% 51.1%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 58/63 1.5 2.3 68.2% 64.3% 48.2% 58.8% 50.3% 59.2% 48.0%
26 2022 5/5 2.6 2.6 63.4% 62.4% 50.1% 59.4% 52.6% 58.0% 40.7% 2018 55/57 2.0 2.6 65.6% 64.8% 48.3% 50.1% 54.4% 59.2% 50.2%
27 2023 15/15 4.7 1.7 66.0% 68.3% 53.2% 57.1% 39.3% 63.1% 41.2% 2019 52/56 1.6 2.5 69.2% 63.9% 48.6% 52.0% 53.8% 59.5% 49.3%
28 2024 31/31 5.9 2.6 64.3% 67.6% 46.1% 48.8% 39.3% 59.9% 41.2% 2020 26/26 2.1 2.9 69.2% 66.6% 45.2% 58.2% 56.0% 60.0% 51.0%
29 2025 14/17 5.1 2.6 68.8% 67.3% 47.7% 59.6% 41.0% 61.5% 40.8% 2021 34/37 2.5 2.6 65.5% 66.5% 49.0% 62.5% 51.7% 60.4% 47.9%
30 2026 24/25 4.4 1.8 65.5% 67.6% 48.3% 60.0% 46.1% 61.0% 42.9% 2022 48/52 2.7 3.3 61.9% 70.5% 49.9% 57.7% 56.3% 62.6% 50.0%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 2/2 3.5 5.5 62.1% 64.2% 38.2% 63.6% 65.0% 54.4% 36.8%
Career — 158/162 4.0 2.6 65.1% 64.5% 47.5% 56.2% 42.3% 58.6% 40.5% — 575/650 2.0 2.9 65.5% 64.5% 48.7% 54.0% 54.3% 59.0% 48.4%

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 Taylor Townsend Simona Halep
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
17 2013 1502 104.1 -0.84 -1.79 0.678 42.7% +26 — — 22.2% -2.89 1–0 1–0 — -0.50 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 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 2010 1552 129.6 0.00 +1.23 1.032 50.6% -45 +75 — 51.5% +0.21 0–3 (0%) 2–2 (50%) 97.4 -1.14
19 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 2011 1591 119.2 -1.38 -0.51 0.942 48.7% -11 -33 +7 42.9% -0.57 4–6 (40%) 4–5 (44%) 99.6 -1.08
20 2016 1571 109.8 +0.84 -0.72 0.888 46.9% — — — 33.3% -1.11 0–1 — — +0.05 2012 1692 138.7 -0.77 +1.06 0.953 49.0% -14 +1 -148 46.4% -0.43 6–3 (67%) 3–5 (38%) 103.4 -2.97
21 2017 1625 115.8 -1.20 -0.43 0.943 48.6% +23 — — 42.9% -0.57 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — +0.49 2013 2004 156.1 +2.96 +5.04 1.187 53.8% -37 -132 -335 68.5% +1.57 16–4 (80%) 4–8 (33%) 108.5 -1.35
22 2018 1634 117.5 -0.54 -2.71 0.880 47.3% -7 -71 — 42.9% -0.78 2–2 (50%) — — -0.28 2014 1995 160.2 +4.78 +5.18 1.233 54.4% -39 +30 -224 71.0% +1.79 12–6 (67%) 5–7 (42%) 99.5 -0.24
23 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 2015 1935 159.6 +3.29 +5.15 1.221 54.1% +59 +10 -196 69.9% +1.42 15–6 (71%) 2–5 (29%) 100.7 +1.13
24 2020 1627 106.3 +0.06 -1.17 0.878 47.6% -7 — — 33.3% -1.00 0–1 1–1 — +0.01 2016 1980 160.5 +3.61 +7.88 1.277 55.4% -3 +44 -186 68.0% +1.42 9–5 (64%) 3–7 (30%) 97.1 -0.14
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1988 158.5 +3.09 +5.20 1.176 53.5% -32 +153 -98 67.6% +1.18 13–8 (62%) 9–5 (64%) 102.4 -2.46
26 2022 1647 115.1 +0.27 -1.15 0.969 49.3% +6 — — 33.3% -0.92 0–2 — — +0.05 2018 2013 158.0 +2.58 +7.16 1.230 54.5% -33 +166 -139 71.9% +1.61 15–4 (79%) 4–4 (50%) 103.5 +0.15
27 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 2019 1942 158.9 +3.03 +6.58 1.216 54.2% -38 +198 +94 66.7% +1.28 13–8 (62%) 8–4 (67%) 101.3 -0.27
28 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 2020 2060 156.1 +3.23 +6.77 1.275 55.4% -69 +148 — 78.6% +1.82 6–0 (100%) 5–1 (83%) 107.1 -0.67
29 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 2021 2002 155.1 +3.53 +4.37 1.207 54.0% +7 +165 — 67.6% +1.45 6–2 (75%) 4–0 (100%) 105.0 -0.60
30 2026 1882 146.3 +3.96 +1.42 1.101 51.8% +41 -197 — 55.2% +0.40 4–4 (50%) 6–3 (67%) 102.5 -1.62 2022 2031 152.9 +5.00 +6.61 1.339 56.0% +4 +66 +191 75.5% +1.85 7–5 (58%) 1–3 (25%) 95.1 +0.32
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1953 108.2 0.00 +0.37 0.808 46.3% — — — 20.0% -1.20 0–1 — — -0.18
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1926 95.9 — — — — — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — 0.00
Career — 1887 139.3 +1.69 -0.76 0.978 49.4% +13 -107 — 46.8% -0.25 27–31 (47%) 27–17 (61%) 105.7 -2.84 — 2120 160.6 +2.79 +5.10 1.182 53.6% -12 +61 -59 66.1% +1.21 122–61 (67%) 54–56 (49%) 102.1 -1.49

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.