Belinda Bencic and Liudmila Samsonova will play each other in the quarter of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.4
Liudmila Samsonova -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Liudmila Samsonova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 1-6 6-1 6-3 in the final in Berlin back in June 2021.
Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs Belinda Bencic – Berlin 20-June-2021
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, the Swiss reached the quarter after defeating Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Diyas (6-1 6-3). During the match, Bencic scored 56 points vs Diyas’s 35. Bencic was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bencic struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bencic put 63% of her first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Diyas 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Bencic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (309-164). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bencic has a composed 47-24 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Tokyo where she beat Marketa Vondrousova in the final 7-5 2-6 6-3.
Belinda has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Luxembourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018. See her history.
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 48 (career-high), the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Misaki Doi 6-2 6-3 and Oceane Dodin 7-65 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Dodin (7-65 7-63). During the match Samsonova scored 103 points vs Dodin’s 95. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova bagged 9 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 74% (54/73) of the points behind her 1st serve and 34% (12/35) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Dodin 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Berlin where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 1-6 6-1 6-3.
Ludmilla has an aggregate 32-18 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 43 |
| Pts | 56-35 | 167-138 |
| Total Points | 91 | 305 |
| Winners | 22 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Bencic played 1 match while Samsonova competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Bencic has played 2 set(s) less than Samsonova (2 vs 4). Therefore, Bencic played 27 games less than Samsonova. Bencic scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ludmilla fired 75 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 98/158 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 75/98 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 25/60 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 42% |
Bencic managed to score 2 aces . Samsonova recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Bencic won 88% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Bencic broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Ludmilla broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ludmilla conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | |||
| R2 Diyas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-35 | 56-35 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Samsonova | ||||
| R1 Doi |
R2 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 103-95 | 167-138 | |
| Total points | 107 | 198 | 305 | |
| Winners | 21 | 54 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 25/50 | 73/108 | 98/158 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 54/73 | 75/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 12/35 | 25/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 34% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 9/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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