Liudmila Samsonova and Barbora Krejcikova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 3 sets.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.76
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Barbora Krejcikova
There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 19 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Claire Liu 3-6 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round against Liu, Ludmilla recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-0). During the match, Samsonova scored 82 points vs Liu’s 59. Ludmilla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Samsonova blasted 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Samsonova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Liu 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Samsonova has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (237-131). 3-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Samsonova has a compiled76-42 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Russian has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Barbora Krejcikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-9 | 11-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-16 | 7-7 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Gabriela Ruse (6-1 6-4). During the match Krejcikova scored 58 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 36. Barbora was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Krejcikova made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Gabriela Ruse 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Krejcikova has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 82-59 | 58-36 |
| Total Points | 141 | 94 |
| Winners | 26 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Samsonova and Krejcikova played 1 match. At the moment, Liudmila Samsonova lost 1 set while Barbora Krejcikova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Samsonova has played 1 set more than Krejcikova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Samsonova played 6 games more than Krejcikova. Ludmilla scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 51% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 47% |
Samsonova made 6 aces . Krejcikova struck 4 aces . Samsonova won 87% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 80% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Krejcikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Samsonova broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ludmilla dropped her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Samsonova | |||
| R1 Liu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-59 | 82-59 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 30/59 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Krejcikova | |||
| R1 Gabriela Ruse | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-610 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Belinda BencicBencic – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shelby RogersRogers – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-6 6-3 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Shelby RogersRogers – Belinda BencicBencic (1-4) – H2H and prediction