Liudmila Samsonova and Harriet Dart will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.285
Harriet Dart -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Harriet Dart
This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Harriet Dart fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Samsonova won 6-3 ret. in the quarter in the W25 Reims back in 2020.
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 reached the qualifications after beating Kristina Kucova 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Kucova (7-5 6-1). During the match, Samsonova scored 67 points vs Kucova’s 56. Ludmilla was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Samsonova recorded 9 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kucova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Samsonova has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of her matches (208-114). 4-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has an aggregate51-32 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ludmilla has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Harriet Dart
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-22 | 14-11 | 0-5 | 9-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-27 | 12-12 | 3-7 | 5-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-32 | 27-19 | 1-3 | 6-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 17-15 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 17-12 | 8-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Harriet got to the qualifications after defeating Sarah Behbehani 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Behbehani (6-0 6-0). During the match Dart scored 48 points vs Behbehani’s 4. Harriet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 11 winners.
Talking about serving, Dart scored 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Harriet Dart was very effective on serve to win 100% (11/11) of her 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Harriet was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Behbehani 6 times.
Dart has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Dubai
Harriet has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 12 |
| Pts | 67-56 | 48-4 |
| Total Points | 123 | 52 |
| Winners | 24 | 11 |
| %Winners | 36% | 23% |
Both Samsonova and Dart played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Samsonova and Dart have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Samsonova played 7 games more than Dart. Samsonova scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit struck 11 winners (23%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 11/28 |
| %1st in | 54% | 39% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 11/11 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 13/17 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 76% |
Samsonova scored 9 aces . Dart made 2 aces . Samsonova won 80% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Dart won 100% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. Harriet was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Samsonova | |||
| Q1 Kucova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Dart | |||
| Q1 Behbehani | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 48-4 | 48-4 | |
| Total points | 52 | 52 | |
| Winners | 11 | 11 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 1st in | 39% | 39% | |
| 1st pts | 11/11 | 11/11 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Astra SharmaSharma – Oceane DodinDodin (3-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Eri HozumiHozumi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Diane ParryParry – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Sarah BehbehaniBehbehani (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (7-64 7-61) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Kristina KucovaKucova (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Ellen PerezPerez (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anna DanilinaDanilina (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ann LiLi (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Giuliana OlmosOlmos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-7 7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-72 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Edward CorrieCorrie (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (7-6(4) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Harriet DartDart (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Magda LinetteLinette (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Heather WatsonWatson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Simona HalepHalep (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-2) – H2H and prediction