Ekaterina Alexandrova and Liudmila Samsonova will square off in the 2nd round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.55
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Liudmila Samsonova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Alexandrova won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Berlin back in June 2023.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 23-22 | 14-11 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Anna Kalinskaya 6-77 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kalinskaya, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-1 7-5). During the match, Alexandrova scored 110 points vs Kalinskaya’s 95. Alexandrova was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova scored 14 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 77% (44/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kalinskaya 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (299-189). 15-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a composed88-70 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).
Ekaterina has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2023, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.
Liudmila Samsonova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 26-21 | 12-13 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 34-24 | 25-15 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 30-17 | 26-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-22 | 15-9 | 6-9 | 8-3 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 20-12 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Ludmilla got to the 2nd round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, Samsonova had a good straight sets win against Maria (6-0 6-2). During the match Samsonova scored 54 points vs Maria’s 29. Ludmilla was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Samsonova recorded 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liudmila Samsonova was quite effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Maria 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Ludmilla’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Abu Dhabi and Montreal.
The Russian has a composed 27-20 win-loss record in 2023, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Alexandrova | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 32 | 14 |
Pts | 110-95 | 54-29 |
Total Points | 205 | 83 |
Winners | 44 | 19 |
%Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both Alexandrova and Samsonova played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t lost a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set more than Samsonova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alexandrova played 18 games more than Samsonova. Ekaterina scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ludmilla fired 19 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Alexandrova | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Aces | 14 | 7 |
Avg per match | 14 | 7 |
1st in | 57/101 | 25/40 |
%1st in | 56% | 63% |
1st pts | 44/57 | 19/25 |
%1st pts | 77% | 76% |
2nd pts | 20/44 | 10/15 |
%2nd pts | 45% | 67% |
Alexandrova recorded 14 aces . Samsonova bagged 7 aces . Alexandrova won 77% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Alexandrova | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 5 |
Converted | 6/14 | 5/8 |
% Converted | 43% | 63% |
Conceded | 3 | 2 |
Saved | 0 | 2 |
% Saved | 0% | 100% |
Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Samsonova was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
Alexandrova | |||
R1 Kalinskaya |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-77 6-1 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
pts | 110-95 | 110-95 | |
Total points | 205 | 205 | |
Winners | 44 | 44 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 14 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
1st in | 57/101 | 57/101 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 44/57 | 44/57 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 20/44 | 20/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Samsonova | |||
R1 Maria |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 54-29 | 54-29 | |
Total points | 83 | 83 | |
Winners | 19 | 19 | |
%Winners | 35% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Despina PapamichailPapamichail – Sakura HosogiHosogi (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Donna VekicVekic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-77 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Misaki DoiDoi – Petra MarticMartic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Marta KostyukKostyuk (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Harriet DartDart (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Veronika Kudermetova/Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaKudermetova/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Giuliana Olmos/Luisa StefaniOlmos/Luisa Stefani (7-5 6-73 10-8) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Kayla DayDay – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Rina SaigoSaigo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Mai HontamaHontama – Nao HibinoHibino (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Misaki DoiDoi – Petra MarticMartic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Kayla DayDay – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Despina PapamichailPapamichail (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H and prediction