Liudmila Samsonova and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.74
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Ajla Tomljanovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tomljanovic won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Moscow back in 2021.
Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs Liudmila Samsonova – Moscow 18-October-2021
Liudmila Samsonova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Elise Mertens 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Mertens (7-64 6-4). During the match, Samsonova scored 90 points vs Mertens’s 78. Samsonova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Samsonova recorded 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Mertens 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of her matches (215-125). 7-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Samsonova has an overall54-36 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Samsonova’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
Samsonova has an overall 11-14 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ajla Tomljanovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 12-12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-3 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-27 | 19-14 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 11-12 | 10-6 | 3-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ajla had a good straight sets win against Stephens (6-1 6-4). During the match Tomljanovic scored 59 points vs Stephens’s 37. Tomljanovic was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Tomljanovic recorded 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Stephens 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
The Australian has an aggregate 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 90-78 | 59-37 |
| Total Points | 168 | 96 |
| Winners | 41 | 24 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Samsonova and Tomljanovic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Samsonova and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Samsonova played 6 games more than Tomljanovic. The Russian scored 41 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 59/89 | 31/52 |
| %1st in | 66% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 43% |
Samsonova struck 4 aces . Tomljanovic fired 2 aces . Samsonova won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 14 | 2 |
| Saved | 12 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Samsonova broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ludmilla dropped her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Tomljanovic broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ajla conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Samsonova | |||
| R1 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 90-78 | 90-78 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/89 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tomljanovic | |||
| R1 Stephens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 59-37 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 31/52 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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