LIVE RANKINGS. Samsonova improves her rank right before squaring off with Sabalenka in Guadalajara

See the the live rankings of Liudmila Samsonova before playing Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron

Wednesday Live Ranking Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova is about to play against Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday the 19th of October in Guadalajara. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Liudmila Samsonova is now ranked no.22 with points occupying the position of Russian no.4.

On the other part of the net, Aryna Sabalenka is at the moment ranked no.4 as the Belarussian no.1 with 3515 points ahead of Aliaksandra Sasnovich who has 1456 points and is ranked no.32.

Live Rankings

Samsonova is 1 place up in the live rankings to be the new world no.22 matching her previous career high.

Liudmila Samsonova will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Sabalenka in the 2nd round. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Karolina Pliskova who has 2052 points. If Samsonova wins, she will have 2041 points.

Samsonova will have 176 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 1 point on the 24th of October (Kremlin Cup – Moscow), 30 points on the 24th of October (W25 Reims), 110 points on the 31st of October (Courmayeur Ladies Open – Courmayeur) and 35 points on the 31st of October (W80 Poitiers).

In her live rankings, out of 1996 points, Ludmilla has gained 1591 points (80%) on Hard Court, 205 points (10%) on Clay, 145 points (7%) on Indoor and 55 points (3%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Samsonova is still ranked no.20 as the Russian no.4.

H2H Liudmila Samsonova vs. Aryna Sabalenka

Samsonova and Sabalenka have never played against each other so far on the main tour.

Samsonova in Guadalajara, ranking, and results in 2022

Liudmila Samsonova

26 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-15
Clay
6-5
Grass
8-3
25 year old
LLLLWWWLWW
2024 Highlights

Ranked world no.22 (career-high), Ludmilla owns a 29-16 match record in 2022. The Russian is now playing in Guadalajara where she defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-1 7-5.

Ludmilla Samsonova will face the world no.4 Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Akron Tennis Stadium. They have never played each other up to now in top tournaments.

Ludmilla has won 3 titles in 2022 in Washington, in Cleveland and in Tokyo.

Samsonova won 4 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)

Samsonova
Guadalajara
Samsonova's Record
Samsonova
Projected
Draw

Aryna Sabalenka in 2022

Aryna Sabalenka

56 - 13win/loss

Hard
38-7
I Hard
2-1
Clay
15-4
Grass
1-1
26 year old
LWWWWWWWLW
2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.4, Sabalenka played her last match on the 14th of October when she lost to world no.47 Donna Vekic 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 in the quarter in San Diego (draw).

This season Aryna achieved a compiled 30-19 record. Aryna Sabalenka’s best result of the present year was reaching the final in Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch.

Sabalenka
San Diego
Sabalenka's Record