Hailey Baptiste def. Taylor Townsend — Round of 128, Australian Open 2026

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Australian Open 2026

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia

Played18 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 66 going into this drawWon

Hailey Baptiste 6 63 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 116 going into this draw

Taylor Townsend 3 7 3

🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptistevT. TownsendTaylor Townsend🇺🇸

🇺🇸Hailey Baptiste

🇺🇸Taylor Townsend

Match stats

Serve

9

Aces

5

4

Double faults

1

59%

1st serve in

80%

75%

1st serve points won

65%

49%

2nd serve points won

50%

65%

Service points won

62%

9/10

Break points saved

12/15

Serve speed (km/h)

185

Fastest serve

184

170

Average 1st serve

159

134

Average 2nd serve

133

Return

38%

Return points won

35%

3/15

Break points won

1/10

Points

34

Winners

40

32

Unforced errors

37

16/26

Net points won

30/50

119

Total points won

107

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

3–7

Last 10 matches

7–3

0–2

Last 30 days

–

By surface

4–10

Hard

7–3

By round

2–2

R128

2–0

1–3

R64

2–0

4–6

First match at an event

3–0

1–1

At Grand Slams

3–1

How their matches go

14

Completed matches

10

21%

Won in straight sets

70%

7%

Won after losing a set

0%

29%

Lost after winning a set

10%

43%

Lost in straight sets

20%

2–2

Tiebreaks

1–2

1–4

Deciding sets

0–1

3/4

Won after winning set 1

7/8

1/10

Won after losing set 1

0/2

Serve and return, last 5 matches

66%

1st serve in

74%

64%

1st serve points won

66%

43%

2nd serve points won

52%

49%

Break points saved

58%

38%

Return points won

45%

37%

Break points won

43%

3.0

Aces a match

3.2

3.4

Double faults a match

2.4

Last 14 days

2

Matches

0

5

Sets

0

6

Days since last match

140

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentHailey BaptisteTaylor Townsend
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22
🇨🇦FernandezNo. 22LostOsaka R32LostWashington QF
🇺🇸KeninNo. 28
🇺🇸KeninNo. 28LostWashington R32WonWashington R16
Total
Total0–21–1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestHailey BaptisteTaylor Townsend
1Lost🇲🇽R. ZarazuaRenata ZarazuaNo. 77No. 77 · 12 JanHobart R32 · 12 JanLost🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 61No. 61 · 31 AugNew York R16 · 31 Aug
2Lost🇰🇿Y. PutintsevaYulia PutintsevaNo. 71No. 71 · 5 JanBrisbane R64 · 5 JanWon🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 5No. 5 · 29 AugNew York R32 · 29 Aug
3Lost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 OctWon🇱🇻J. OstapenkoJelena OstapenkoNo. 27No. 27 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 Aug
4Lost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 7No. 7 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 OctWon🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 89No. 89 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug
5Won🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 45No. 45 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 OctLost🇪🇸J. Bouzas ManeiroJessica Bouzas ManeiroNo. 51No. 51 · 11 AugCincinnati R32 · 11 Aug
6Lost🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 55No. 55 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 SepWon🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovaNo. 16No. 16 · 9 AugCincinnati R64 · 9 Aug
7Lost🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 25No. 25 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 AugWon🇺🇸D. CollinsDanielle Rose CollinsR128 · 8 AugCincinnati R128 · 8 Aug
8Won🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 65No. 65 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 AugLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 35No. 35 · 25 JulWashington QF · 25 Jul
9Lost🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 100No. 100 · 19 AugCleveland R16 · 19 AugWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 26No. 26 · 24 JulWashington R16 · 24 Jul
10Won🇷🇴E. RuseElena Gabriela RuseNo. 66No. 66 · 18 AugCleveland R32 · 18 AugWon🇩🇪T. MariaTatjana MariaNo. 36No. 36 · 22 JulWashington R32 · 22 Jul