Liudmila Samsonova and Qinwen Zheng will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Omnium Banque Nationale for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.9
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Qinwen Zheng
This will be the 5th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Qinwen Zheng play each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zheng won 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in March 2023.
Highlights Qinwen Zheng vs Liudmila Samsonova – Miami 25-March-2023
Liudmila Samsonova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 4-8 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Katerina Siniakova 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Siniakova, Ludmilla recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Samsonova scored 91 points vs Siniakova’s 78. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Samsonova struck 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Samsonova has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (254-145). 12-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has a compiled85-48 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Abu Dhabi.
Ludmilla has a composed 20-17 win-loss record in 2023, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 14-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-2 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zheng defeated Kostyuk (6-2 1-6 6-3).During the match Zheng scored less points (4) than Kostyuk. In fact, the world no. 18 won 79 points vs Kostyuk’s. That means that Zheng was more focused during the important points. Zheng was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng scored 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 48% of her first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Kostyuk 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.
Zheng has an overall 23-14 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Samsonova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 24 |
| Pts | 91-78 | 79-83 |
| Total Points | 169 | 162 |
| Winners | 36 | 32 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Samsonova and Zheng played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Liudmila Samsonova conceded 1 set, while Qinwen Zheng lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Samsonova and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Samsonova played 3 games more than Zheng. The Russian scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng made 32 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Samsonova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 39/81 |
| %1st in | 57% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 32/39 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 18/42 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 43% |
Samsonova fired 6 aces . Zheng made 4 aces . Samsonova won 69% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 82% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Samsonova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Ludmilla broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Samsonova lost her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Zheng conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Samsonova | |||
| R1 Siniakova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-78 | 91-78 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Kostyuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 79-83 | 79-83 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/81 | 39/81 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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