Liudmila Samsonova and Magda Linette will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 10. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.5
Magda Linette -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Magda Linette
This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Samsonova won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in May 2024.
Liudmila Samsonova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-23 | 15-15 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-23 | 12-15 | 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 |
Ranked no. 17, Samsonova reached the 2nd round after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-4 6-4). During the match, Samsonova scored 68 points vs Wang’s 57. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Samsonova recorded 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 42% of her first serves in, winning 76% (19/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Wang 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (289-170). 7-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has an overall105-64 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 4-6 6-3 7-5.
Samsonova has an overall 21-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 14-17 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 11-16 | 16-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Magda got to the 2nd round after defeating Katie Boulter 2-6 6-0 7-5.
In the 1st round against Boulter, Linette recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 7-5). During the match Linette scored 82 points vs Boulter’s 70. Linette was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Linette couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Magda Linette lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Linette broke Boulter 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Prague where she overcame Magdalena Frech in the final 6-2 6-1.
The Pole has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 |
| Pts | 68-57 | 82-70 |
| Total Points | 125 | 152 |
| Winners | 19 | 31 |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% |
Both Samsonova and Linette played 1 match. At the moment, Magda Linette dropped 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Samsonova has played 1 set(s) less than Linette (2 vs 3). Therefore, Samsonova played 6 games less than Linette. Ludmilla scored 19 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Linette blasted 31 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 25/60 | 47/75 |
| %1st in | 42% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 31/47 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 17/28 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 61% |
Samsonova managed to score 2 aces . Linette didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Samsonova won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ludmilla surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Magda broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Magda conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Samsonova | |||
| R1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 25/60 | 25/60 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Linette | |||
| R1 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-70 | 82-70 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 47/75 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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