
Cori Gauff and Liudmila Samsonova will play each other in the semifinal of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.6
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gauff won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2021.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs Liudmila Samsonova – Charleston 07-April-2021
Cori Gauff
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 54-18 | 31-10 | 14-5 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 51-16 | 40-9 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 38-23 | 23-16 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 36-16 | 16-10 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the American reached the semifinal after beating Hailey Baptiste 6-1 6-4 and Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Bencic (6-1 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 62 points vs Bencic’s 42. Cori was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gauff struck 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Cori Gauff lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 64% of her first serves in, winning 60% (21/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Bencic 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cori hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Gauff has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (153-78). 18-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gauff has a composed77-44 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Rebeka Masarova in the final 6-1 6-1.
Gauff has a compiled 29-12 win-loss record in 2023, 18-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Liudmila Samsonova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 6-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 18, Ludmilla got to the semifinal after beating Danielle Rose Collins 6-1 6-3, Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-3 and Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (6-4 6-2). During the match Samsonova scored 69 points vs Kostyuk’s 51. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Samsonova managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kostyuk 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Samsonova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gauff | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 3 |
Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
Tot Games | 32 | 50 |
Pts | 123-86 | 185-120 |
Total Points | 209 | 305 |
Winners | 47 | 70 |
%Winners | 38% | 38% |
Gauff played 2 matches while Samsonova competed in 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Gauff has played 2 set(s) less than Samsonova (4 vs 6). Therefore, Gauff played 18 games less than Samsonova. Gauff scored 47 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Samsonova managed to score 70 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gauff | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Aces | 10 | 10 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3.3 |
1st in | 68/107 | 85/149 |
%1st in | 64% | 57% |
1st pts | 47/68 | 70/85 |
%1st pts | 69% | 82% |
2nd pts | 23/39 | 34/64 |
%2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Gauff recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Samsonova fired 10 aces (3.3 per match). Gauff won 69% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 82% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gauff | Samsonova |
---|---|---|
Won | 9 | 13 |
Converted | 9/14 | 13/19 |
% Converted | 64% | 68% |
Conceded | 7 | 5 |
Saved | 5 | 3 |
% Saved | 71% | 60% |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Gauff broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Cori dropped her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Samsonova broke her opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
Gauff | ||||
R2 Baptiste |
1/4 Bencic |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
pts | 61-44 | 62-42 | 123-86 | |
Total points | 105 | 104 | 209 | |
Winners | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
%Winners | 43% | 34% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
1st in | 33/52 | 35/55 | 68/107 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 26/33 | 21/35 | 47/68 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 60% | 69% | |
2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/20 | 23/39 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 9/14 | |
Converted % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Samsonova | |||||
R1 Collins |
R2 Cirstea |
1/4 Kostyuk |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 18 | 50 | |
pts | 61-37 | 55-32 | 69-51 | 185-120 | |
Total points | 98 | 87 | 120 | 305 | |
Winners | 21 | 25 | 24 | 70 | |
%Winners | 34% | 45% | 35% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
1st in | 27/52 | 29/43 | 29/54 | 85/149 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 67% | 54% | 57% | |
1st pts | 21/27 | 25/29 | 24/29 | 70/85 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 86% | 83% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 15/25 | 8/14 | 11/25 | 34/64 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 44% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 13/19 | |
Converted % | 67% | 80% | 63% | 68% | |
Conceded | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | – | 33% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head



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