Jessica Pegula and Liudmila Samsonova will square off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.64
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Liudmila Samsonova
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Liudmila Samsonova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 83, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Varvara Gracheva 7-5 7-68.
In the qualifications, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (7-5 7-68). During the match Pegula scored 90 points vs Gracheva’s 80. Pegula was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jessica Pegula was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (36/51) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Jessica broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (657-403). 10-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has a 245-163 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Jessica’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Auckland.
The American has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Pegula surrendered in the 1st round 6-2 6-3 to Alize Cornet.
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 120, the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Lauren Davis 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-4 6-1). During the match Samsonova scored 61 points vs Davis’s 46. Ludmilla was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova struck 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Davis 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Samsonova has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of her matches (123-71). 10-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Samsonova has a 162-86 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Russian has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Samsonova surrendered in the qualifications 7-63 7-61 to Jaimee Fourlis.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 90-80 | 61-46 |
| Total Points | 170 | 107 |
| Winners | 36 | 21 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Pegula and Samsonova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Samsonova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pegula played 8 games more than Samsonova. Pegula scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ludmilla fired 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 27/55 |
| %1st in | 65% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 21/27 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Pegula struck 4 aces . Samsonova recorded 3 aces . Pegula won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 40% | 63% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Jessica conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Ludmilla broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ludmilla conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| Q1 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-80 | 90-80 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Samsonova | |||
| Q1 Davis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
Head 2 Head
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