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.
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
| 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.
Shuai Zhang
| 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.
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- Markus ErikssonEriksson – Gabor BorsosBorsos (5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Petr NouzaNouza (6-2 5-7 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Libor SalabaSalaba – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- David SzintaiSzintai – Ken OnishiOnishi (6-73 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pavel NejedlyNejedly – Martin FekiacFekiac (7-66 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Patrik BrydolfBrydolf (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pascal BrunnerBrunner – Arthur WeberWeber (1-6 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Jaimee FourlisFourlis – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Priscilla HonHon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Shelby RogersRogers (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction