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.
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
| 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.
Kristina Kucova
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-74 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-7 7-67 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liam BroadyBroady – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-72 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Edward CorrieCorrie (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 3-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna DanilinaDanilina – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Kristina KucovaKucova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sarah BehbehaniBehbehani – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulrikke EikeriEikeri – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ellen PerezPerez – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Eri HozumiHozumi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Angelina GabuevaGabueva – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina YashinaYashina – Heather WatsonWatson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giuliana OlmosOlmos – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction