Liudmila Samsonova and Jasmine Paolini will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on 1573 Arena. In the following lines 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 -> 1.15
Jasmine Paolini -> 5.45

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Jasmine Paolini

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Jasmine Paolini fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Samsonova won 6-7(4) 6-0 6-1 in the qualifications in St. Petersburg back in 2019.

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, Ludmilla will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Anisimova in the 1st round on the 10th of January.

Samsonova has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 235-130 record. She has a positive 74-41 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Samsonova's Record

Jasmine Paolini

Jasmine Paolini

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Rank
8
High
4
LLLLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-21 27-12 13-3 3-3 3-3 0-0
2024 42-21 19-10 12-5 3-4 8-2 0-0
2023 43-30 20-16 16-8 5-3 2-3 0-0
2022 30-25 14-11 10-10 6-3 0-1 0-0
2021 34-24 17-13 12-7 5-3 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 66, Paolini will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Cocciaretto in the 2nd round on the 11th of January.

Jasmine has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Italian has an overall 308-221 record. She has a positive 93-75 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Paolini's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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