Liudmila Samsonova and Shuai Zhang will face off in the 1st round of the Adelaide International 1 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on ShowCourt 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.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.34
Shuai Zhang -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Shuai Zhang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in Tokyo back in 2022.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs Shuai Zhang – Tokyo 24-September-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. 20, the Russian will start her run in Adelaide after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost 0-6 7-5 6-3 to Bouzkova in the 3rd round on the 20th of October.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 234-128 record. She has a positive 73-39 record on hard.

Previously in Adelaide

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Adelaide
Samsonova's Record

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
102
High
22
WWLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-15 28-9 4-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2024 6-14 6-12 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 4-19 3-10 0-4 1-1 0-4 0-0
2022 39-31 17-14 4-7 10-7 8-3 0-0
2021 23-28 8-11 4-8 5-5 6-4 0-0

Ranked no. 25, Shuai will start her run in Adelaide after she played her last match in the Limoges where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Kalinina in the quarter on the 15th of December.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 499-371 record. She has a positive 337-221 record on hard.

Previously in Adelaide

Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.

Adelaide
Zhang's Record

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

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