Taylor Townsend

Taylor Townsend
Taylor Townsend 2014 in Tokyo
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	April 16, 1996
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	2012
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Donald Young Sr.
Prize money:	$ 2,164,921
singles
Career record:	209: 128
Career title:	0 WTA , 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	61 (July 16, 2018)
Current placement:	73
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	158: 63
Career title:	1 WTA, 2 WTA Challenger, 17 ITF
Highest ranking:	64 (March 20, 2017)
Current placement:	84
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996 in Chicago ) is an American tennis player .

Career

At the age of six, Townsend began playing tennis as a right-hander, before switching after two years and from then on using her left hand as a punch hand.

The US-American is a former number one in the junior world rankings and won a total of four titles in the Grand Slam tournaments for juniors in 2012 , one in singles and three in doubles. At the Australian Open , she triumphed both in singles after a final victory over Julija Putinzewa , and then in doubles at the side of Gabrielle Faith Andrews . Together with Andrews, she also won the US Open and previously on the side of Eugenie Bouchard at Wimbledon . In 2013, she made it to the quarter-finals and the Wimbledon final at the French Open's junior singles competition , but lost both times to Belinda Bencic .

In 2011 she made her debut in New York with a wildcard in qualification, where she was eliminated in the second round. In 2013 she was allowed to start in the main draw of a WTA tournament in Washington for the first time , but had no chance there against Monica Niculescu . In 2012, as the world number one among the juniors, she surprisingly did not receive a wildcard for the main field of the US Open . As a consequence, she temporarily ended any collaboration with coaches from the US Tennis Association . In 2014 she won her first ITF titles in Charlottesville and Indian Harbor and made her debut in the main draw of the French Open as a recipient of a wild card in the third round, in which she had to admit defeat to Carla Suárez Navarro . In Washington, Townsend scored her first win on the WTA Tour from qualifying against Julia Görges , which was followed by reaching the second round at the Premier Mandatory tournament in Cincinnati . At the US Open , she reached the semi-finals together with Donald Young in mixed competition . In early 2015, Townsend was listed in the top 100 in the world for the first time after a win in Auckland , but she only managed five more wins by the end of the season, so that she finished the year outside the top 300.

In 2016 Townsend was able to fight her way up the ranking again after good results on the ITF tour, on which she won the tournament in Charlottesville for the second time and was also in the finals of Dothan and Indian Harbor. In addition, at the US Open at the side of Asia Muhammad came into the main field with a wildcard, for the first time in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament in doubles, which they lost against the eventual winners Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová . In 2017, after a success over Roberta Vinci as a qualifier , she reached the third round of Miami , in which she was eliminated first against Svetlana Kuznetsova . After three more titles on the ITF tour, including her biggest at the Waco $ 80,000 tournament to date , as well as participation in the second round in Cincinnati , also out of qualification, she was once again among the top 100 in the world rankings.

The following year, Townsend played almost exclusively in the United States. Only in the run-up to the Australian Open and Wimbledon did she leave America to play a preparatory tournament . With the exception of Melbourne, she survived the first round of all Grand Slam tournaments this year and also won three other titles on the ITF tour, which is why she achieved her best world ranking position to date with 61st place and was in the top for the season for the first time 100 in the ranking. In the following year, Townsend appeared despite their improved world rankings, apart from the Grand Slam tournaments, only once outside the USA, right at the start of the season in Auckland . Nevertheless, she finished the season again among the top 100 in the ranking and celebrated with the title at the $ 100,000 tournament in Charleston and the first-time entry into the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open , where she and Simona Halep in the second round her first win against a player from the top 10, her greatest career success to date.

Together with her doubles partner Muhammad, she won her first WTA doubles title in Auckland in early 2020 and made it to the second round in singles for the first time at the Australian Open .

In 2015, she played her only game for the United States' Fed Cup team with a winning double in the 4-1 quarter-final win over Argentina . In 2017 she won the Junior Fed Cup together with Louisa Chirico and Gabrielle Andrews . In the final, they beat the team from Russia 3-0.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 27, 2014	Charlottesville (1)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Montserrat González	6: 2, 6: 3
2.	May 4, 2014	Indian Harbor Beach	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Yulia Putinseva	6: 1, 6: 1
3.	May 1, 2016	Charlottesville (2)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Grace Min	7: 5, 6: 1
4th	15th October 2017	Sumter (1)	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Ulrikke Eikeri	6: 2, 6: 1
5.	October 22, 2017	Florence	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Ysaline Bonaventure	6: 1, 7: 5
6th	November 12, 2017	Waco	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court	Ajla Tomljanović	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
7th	April 22, 2018	Dothan	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Mariana Duque Mariño	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1
8th.	May 6, 2018	Charleston (1)	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Madison Brengle	6-0, 6-4
9.	17th June 2018	Sumter (2)	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Alize Lim	without a fight
10.	5th May 2019	Charleston (2)	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Whitney Osuigwe	6: 4, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 27, 2014	Charlottesville (1)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	May 4, 2014	Indian Harbor Beach (1)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Jan Abaza Sanaz Marand	6: 2, 6: 1
3.	October 31, 2014	Toronto	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	Maria Sanchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Tatjana Maria	7: 5, 4: 6, [15:13]
4th	May 10, 2015	Indian Harbor Beach (2)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Maria Sanchez	Angelina Gabujewa Alexandra Stevenson	6-0, 6-1
5.	February 27, 2016	Rancho Santa Fe	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Asia Muhammad	Jessica Pegula Carol Zhao	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	3rd April 2016	Osprey	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Asia Muhammad	Louisa Chirico Katerina Stewart	6: 1, 6: 7 5 , [10: 4]
7th	April 16, 2016	Pelham	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Sophie Chang Caitlin Whoriskey	6: 2, 6: 3
8th.	April 24, 2016	Dothan	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Keri Wong Caitlin Whoriskey	6-0, 6-1
9.	May 1, 2016	Charlottesville (2)	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Alexandra Panowa Shelby Rogers	7: 6 4 , 6: 0
10.	October 30, 2016	Macon	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Michaëlla Krajicek	Sabrina Santamaria Keri Wong	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 6]
11.	November 6, 2016	Scottsdale	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Ingrid Neel	Samantha Crawford Melanie Oudin	6: 4, 6: 3
12.	November 13, 2016	Waco	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Michaëlla Krajicek	Mihaela Buzarnescu Renata Zarazua	without a fight
13.	October 14, 2017	Sumter	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Jessica Pegula	Alexandra Mueller Caitlin Whoriskey	4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]
14th	October 21, 2017	Florence	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Maria Sanchez	Tara Moore Amra Sadikovic	6: 1, 6: 2
15th	4th November 2017	Tyler	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court (hall)	Jessica Pegula	Jamie Loeb Rebecca Peterson	6: 4, 6: 1
16.	March 3, 2018	Indian Wells (1)	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Yanina Wickmayer	Jennifer Brady Vania King	6: 4, 6: 4
17th	April 28, 2019	Charlottesville (3)	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Lucie Hradecká Katarzyna Kawa	4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 3]
18th	4th May 2019	Charleston	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Asia Muhammad	Madison Brengle Lauren Davis	6: 2, 6: 2
19th	January 12, 2020	Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Asia Muhammad	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	March 7, 2020	Indian Wells (2)	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Asia Muhammad	Catherine McNally Jessica Pegula	6: 4, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	1	-	Q3	1	1	2	1: 4	2
French Open	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	2	1		5: 6	3
Wimbledon	-	-	-	1	-	Q2	Q1	2	2		2: 3	2
US Open	Q2	-	Q3	1	Q2	1	1	2	AF		4: 5	AF

Double

competition	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	AF	2	3: 4	AF
French Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1		1: 3	2
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1		0: 2	1
US Open	AF	-	1	1	2	VF	1	1	2		7: 8	VF

Web links

Commons : Taylor Townsend  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• WTA-profile Taylor Townsend (English)
• ITF-profile Taylor Townsend (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Taylor Townsend (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Taylor Townsend Bio. In: wtatennis.com. Retrieved July 14, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Why the USTA Benched America's Best Junior. In: wsj.com. September 8, 2012, accessed July 14, 2020 .