Liudmila Samsonova and Kristina Kucova will face off in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 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 Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.21
Kristina Kucova -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Kristina Kucova

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

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Rank
17
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-23 15-15 8-5 0-0 7-3 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. 34 (career-high), Samsonova will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-2 7-5 to Vondrousova in the 2nd round on the 20th of January.

Ludmilla has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 207-114 record. She has a positive 50-32 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See her history.

Dubai
Samsonova's Record

Kristina Kucova

Kristina Kucova

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Rank
507
High
71
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 6-11 2-6 1-4 3-1 0-0 0-0
2022 8-15 4-7 3-5 0-2 1-1 0-0
2021 36-29 19-16 15-11 1-1 1-1 0-0
2020 16-11 7-8 7-2 2-1 0-0 0-0
2019 25-20 6-7 14-10 5-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 78, Kucova will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in St. Petersburg where she lost 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) to McNally in the qualifications on the 5th of February.

Kucova has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Kucova has an overall 412-322 record. She has a positive 128-116 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2009. See her history.

Dubai
Kucova's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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