H2H, prediction of Madison Keys vs Liudmila Samsonova in Adelaide with odds, preview, pick | 10th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Liudmila Samsonova

Madison Keys and Liudmila Samsonova will face off in the semifinal of the Adelaide International for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Madison Keys who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Madison Keys is the pick to win this match.
Madison Keys -> 1.5
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Liudmila Samsonova

This will be the 6th time that Madison Keys and Liudmila Samsonova square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Keys (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Keys won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Strasbourg back in 2024.

Highlights Madison Keys vs Liudmila Samsonova – Strasbourg 24-May-2024

Madison Keys

Madison Keys
Madison Keys

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
20
High
7
WWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-1 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 24-12 7-6 13-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2023 33-15 19-9 5-3 0-2 9-1 0-0
2022 30-20 25-12 4-4 0-3 1-1 0-0
2021 11-15 3-9 3-4 0-0 5-2 0-0

Ranked no. 20, Keys reached the semifinal after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-1, Jelena Ostapenko 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-1 6-3). During the match, Keys scored 61 points vs Kasatkina’s 36. Madison was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Keys bagged 11 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Madison Keys was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kasatkina 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Keys has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Keys has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (232-124). 5-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Keys has an overall 138-74 record in the last years on hard.

Madison has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Keys
Adelaide
Keys's Record

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Samsonova

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
26
High
12
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 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. 26, Samsonova got to the semifinal after beating Marie Bouzkova 1-6 6-4 6-1, Belinda Bencic 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 and Emma Navarro 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Samsonova had a good straight sets win against Navarro (6-4 6-4). During the match Samsonova scored 63 points vs Navarro’s 48. Samsonova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Samsonova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Samsonova broke Navarro 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ludmilla has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Samsonova has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

Samsonova
Adelaide
Samsonova's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Keys
L.Samsonova
4h:05
4h:05
Time on court​
!
6h:43
6h:43
!
0h:57
0h:57
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
3
3
Match played
3
3
59
59
Games Played​
77
77
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
224
224
Total points​
249
249
74.7
74.7
Avg point​
83
83
86
86
Winners
98
98
28.7
28.7
Avg Winners​
32.7
32.7
38%
38%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
14
14
6.7
6.7
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
4
4
Double Faults
22
22
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
!
7.3
7.3
86/119
86/119
1st won total​
98/129
98/129
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
40/81
40/81
2nd won total​
42/104
42/104
49%
49%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
15/27
15/27
BP won
14/32
14/32
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
4.7/10.7
4.7/10.7
!
56%
56%
Won
44%
44%
20
20
Conceded
29
29
6.7
6.7
Avg Conceded
9.7
9.7
6
6
Broken
11
11
2
2
Avg Broken
3.7
3.7
14
14
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Keys Samsonova
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 59 77
Pts 224-161 249-229
Total Points 385 478
Winners 86 98
%Winners 38% 39%

Both Keys and Samsonova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Madison Keys lost 1 set, while Liudmila Samsonova lost 2 sets. Keys has played 1 set(s) less than Samsonova (7 vs 8). Therefore, Keys played 18 games less than Samsonova. The American scored 86 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Samsonova recorded 98 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Keys Samsonova
Aces 20 14
Avg per match 6.7 4.7
1st in 119/200 129/233
%1st in 60% 55%
1st pts 86/119 98/129
%1st pts 72% 76%
2nd pts 40/81 42/104
%2nd pts 49% 40%

Keys managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Samsonova fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Keys won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Keys Samsonova
Won 15 14
Converted 15/27 14/32
% Converted 56% 44%
Conceded 20 29
Saved 14 18
% Saved 70% 62%
Times Broken 6 11

Madison broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Ludmilla broke her opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. Samsonova conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Keys
R1
Haddad Maia
R2
Ostapenko
1/4
Kasatkina
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 15 28 16 59
pts 59-34 104-91 61-36 224-161
Total points 93 195 97 385
Winners 27 32 27 86
%Winners 46% 31% 44% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 8 11 20
Double Faults 3 1 0 4
1st in 30/54 54/94 35/52 119/200
% 1st in 56% 57% 67% 60%
1st pts 27/30 32/54 27/35 86/119
% 1st pts 90% 59% 77% 72%
2nd pts 10/24 21/40 9/17 40/81
% 2nd pts 42% 53% 53% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 7 4 15
Converted 4/8 7/14 4/5 15/27
Converted % 50% 50% 80% 56%
Conceded 1 17 2 20
Saved 1/1 11/17 2/2 14
Saved % 100% 65% 100% 88%
Times Broken 0 6 0 6
Samsonova
R1
Bouzkova
R2
Bencic
1/4
Navarro
Total
Score 1-6 6-4 6-1 7-63 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 24 33 20 77
pts 79-78 107-103 63-48 249-229
Total points 157 210 111 478
Winners 23 48 27 98
%Winners 29% 45% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 8 2 14
Double Faults 8 10 4 22
1st in 33/72 63/107 33/54 129/233
% 1st in 46% 59% 61% 55%
1st pts 23/33 48/63 27/33 98/129
% 1st pts 70% 76% 82% 76%
2nd pts 17/39 18/44 7/21 42/104
% 2nd pts 44% 41% 33% 40%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 14
Converted 5/15 4/10 5/7 14/32
Converted % 33% 40% 71% 44%
Conceded 10 14 5 29
Saved 6/10 10/14 2/5 18
Saved % 60% 71% 40% 57%
Times Broken 4 4 3 11

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Keys
WWWLWW
Samsonova
WWWL
2025 2024 2023
5 - 1
3 - 1
5-1
Hard
3-1

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

  • Beatriz Haddad Maia/Laura SiegemundHaddad Maia/Laura SiegemundAnna Danilina/Irina KhromachevaDanilina/Irina Khromacheva (6-2 5-7 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Hanyu Guo/Alexandra PanovaGuo/Alexandra PanovaEllen Perez/Katerina SiniakovaPerez/Katerina Siniakova (4-6 6-3 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Orlando LuzLuzFelipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Rafael MatosMatosJordi Samper-MontanaSamper-Montana (6-1 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
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