Liudmila Samsonova and Clara Tauson will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Courmayeur Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Mont Blanc Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.61
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Clara Tauson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Tauson won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Charleston back in April 2021.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs Liudmila Samsonova – Charleston 12-April-2021
Liudmila Samsonova
Ranked no. 42 (career-high), Samsonova got to the semifinal after defeating Stephanie Wagner 6-3 6-0, Aliona Bolsova 6-3 6-3 and Anna Kalinskaya 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Kalinskaya (6-1 6-2). During the match, Samsonova scored 58 points vs Kalinskaya’s 33. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Samsonova scored 9 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 95% (18/19) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Kalinskaya 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ludmilla started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (202-110). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Samsonova has a compiled34-16 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Berlin where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 1-6 6-1 6-3.
Ludmilla has an aggregate 37-21 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Courmayeur
Samsonova has never competed in this tournament before.
Clara Tauson
Ranked no. 49, Tauson got to the semifinal after beating Stefanie Voegele 6-2 6-2, Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6-4 6-1 and Ann Li 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter against Li, Tauson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Tauson scored 81 points vs Li’s 80. Tauson was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Tauson bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Clara broke Li 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Clara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in the W25 Fujairah where she beat Viktorija Golubic in the final 6-0 4-6 6-3 and in the W25 Altenkirchen where she overcame Simona Waltert in the final 3-6 6-1 6-3 and in in Lyon where she overcame Viktorija Golubic in the final 6-4 6-1 and in the Chicago where she beat Emma Raducanu in the final 6-1 2-6 6-4 and in in Luxembourg where she overcame Jelena Ostapenko in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.
The Dane has an aggregate 41-14 win-loss record in 2021, 20-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 60 |
| Pts | 184-125 | 195-151 |
| Total Points | 309 | 346 |
| Winners | 71 | 70 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Samsonova and Tauson played 3 matches. At the moment, Clara Tauson conceded 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Samsonova has played 1 set(s) less than Tauson (6 vs 7). Therefore, Samsonova played 12 games less than Tauson. Ludmilla scored 71 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane fired 70 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 85/144 | 90/170 |
| %1st in | 59% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 71/85 | 70/90 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 28/59 | 41/80 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 51% |
Samsonova managed to score 27 aces (9 per match). Tauson scored 18 aces (6 per match). Samsonova won 84% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/27 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 52% | 65% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Ludmilla broke her opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. Samsonova lost her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Tauson broke her opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Tauson conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Samsonova | |||||
| R1 Wagner |
R2 Bolsova |
1/4 Kalinskaya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 15 | 48 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 62-48 | 58-33 | 184-125 | |
| Total points | 108 | 110 | 91 | 309 | |
| Winners | 27 | 26 | 18 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 31% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 34/53 | 19/35 | 85/144 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 64% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 26/34 | 18/19 | 71/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 76% | 95% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 10/19 | 7/16 | 28/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 53% | 44% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | 6/11 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 55% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tauson | |||||
| R1 Voegele |
R2 Gatto-Monticone |
1/4 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 27 | 60 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 56-39 | 81-80 | 195-151 | |
| Total points | 90 | 95 | 161 | 346 | |
| Winners | 20 | 18 | 32 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/47 | 22/45 | 45/78 | 90/170 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | 58% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 18/22 | 32/45 | 70/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 10/23 | 16/33 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 43% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/8 | 4/7 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 63% | 57% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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