Liudmila Samsonova and Danka Kovinic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. 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.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.47
Danka Kovinic -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Danka Kovinic

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Danka Kovinic clash 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 clay.

The last time that they squared off, Samsonova won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2022.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

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Rank
17
High
12
LWLWWLLWLW
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. 26, Samsonova will start her run at the French Open after she played her last match in Rome where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Pegula in the 1st round on the 10th of May.

Ludmilla has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Samsonova’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.

Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 213-121 record. She has a positive 96-59 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See her history.

French Open
Samsonova's Record

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
596
High
46
LLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 3-4 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 16-16 4-8 10-7 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-21 6-8 23-11 0-1 0-1 0-0
2021 14-20 4-12 10-6 0-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 93, Danka will start her run at the Paris after she played her last match in the W100+H La Bisbal D’Emporda where she lost 6-1 ret. to Bassols in the 1st round on the 11th of May.

Kovinic has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Danka has an overall 349-272 record. She has a positive 234-120 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015 and 2021. See her history.

French Open
Kovinic's Record

Tennis Scores – French Open

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