Liudmila Samsonova and Greetje Minnen will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.57
Greetje Minnen -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Greetje Minnen

This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Greetje Minnen face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Minnen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Minnen won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in the Limoges back in 2019.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 52, Ludmilla reached the 2nd round after beating Katie Boulter 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Boulter (6-3 6-2). During the match, Samsonova scored 67 points vs Boulter’s 50. Ludmilla was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samsonova bagged 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ludmilla broke Boulter 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).

Samsonova has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (195-106). 14-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Samsonova has a composed46-27 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Berlin where she defeated Belinda Bencic in the final 1-6 6-1 6-3.

Samsonova has a compiled 30-17 win-loss record in 2021, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.

U.S. Open
Samsonova's Record

Greetje Minnen

Ranked no. 104, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Lazaro Garcia 6-3 6-2, Mai Hontama 6-3 7-63 and Nadia Podoroska 6-4 1-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Podoroska (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match Minnen scored 105 points vs Podoroska’s 102. Greetje was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Minnen made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Podoroska 3 times after converting 23% of her break points (3/13).

Minnen’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W100 Landisville.

Minnen has an aggregate 31-19 win-loss record in 2021, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.

U.S. Open
Minnen's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Samsonova
G.Minnen
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
6h:56
6h:56
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:17
2h:17
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
17
17
Games Played​
91
91
2
2
Set played​​
10
10
67
67
Total points​
330
330
67
67
Avg point​
82.5
82.5
25
25
Winners
133
133
25
25
Avg Winners​
33.3
33.3
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
20
20
6
6
Avg Aces
5
5
6
6
Double Faults
15
15
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
3.8
3.8
25/32
25/32
1st won total​
133/181
133/181
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
15/26
15/26
2nd won total​
47/110
47/110
58%
58%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
14/41
14/41
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
3.5/10.3
3.5/10.3
30%
30%
Won
34%
34%
4
4
Conceded
32
32
4
4
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
11
11
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2.8
2.8
4
4
Saved
21
21
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Samsonova Minnen
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 17 65
Pts 67-50 248-210
Total Points 117 458
Winners 25 93
%Winners 37% 38%

Samsonova played 1 match while Minnen competed in 3 matches. Minnen started her run from the qualifications while Samsonova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Greetje Minnen lost 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Samsonova has played 5 set(s) less than Minnen (2 vs 7). Therefore, Samsonova played 48 games less than Minnen. Ludmilla scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 93 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Samsonova Minnen
Aces 6 16
Avg per match 6 5.3
1st in 32/58 129/202
%1st in 55% 64%
1st pts 25/32 93/129
%1st pts 78% 72%
2nd pts 15/26 34/73
%2nd pts 58% 47%

Samsonova recorded 6 aces . Minnen bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Samsonova won 78% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Minnen won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Samsonova Minnen
Won 3 12
Converted 3/10 12/36
% Converted 30% 33%
Conceded 4 17
Saved 4 10
% Saved 100% 59%
Times Broken 0 7

The Russian broke her opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ludmilla extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Greetje broke her opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
R1
Boulter		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 67-50 67-50
Total points 117 117
Winners 25 25
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 32/58 32/58
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 25/32 25/32
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 15/26 15/26
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 4/4 4
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Minnen
Q1
Lazaro Garcia		 Q2
Hontama		 Q3
Marino		 R1
Podoroska		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-3 7-63 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4 1-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 3 10
Tot Games 17 22 26 26 91
pts 72-48 71-60 – 105-102 248-210
Total points 120 131 0 207 458
Winners 25 27 41 93
%Winners 35% 38% NAN% 39% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 6 0 5 16
Double Faults 4 2 4 10
1st in 29/51 39/63 / 61/88 129/202
% 1st in 57% 62% – 69% 64%
1st pts 25/29 27/39 / 41/61 93/129
% 1st pts 86% 69% – 67% 72%
2nd pts 12/22 10/24 / 12/27 34/73
% 2nd pts 55% 42% – 44% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 5 3 12
Converted 4/13 5/10 / 3/13 12/36
Converted % 31% 50% – 23% 33%
Conceded 2 5 10 17
Saved 2/2 1/5 0/ 7/10 10
Saved % 100% 20% – 70% 190%
Times Broken 0 4 3 7

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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