Liudmila Samsonova and Tatjana Maria will face off in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.38
Tatjana Maria -> 3.05

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tatjana Maria

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Tatjana Maria 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 played each other, Samsonova won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the W80 Poitiers back in 2019.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

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Rank
25
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 20-12 10-6 4-4 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 17, Ludmilla will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Keys in the 3rd round on the 2nd of September.

Ludmilla has a composed 26-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi and Montreal.

Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 260-148 record. She has a positive 91-51 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.

Tokyo
Samsonova's Record

Tatjana Maria

Tatjana Maria

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Rank
100
High
42
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-35 16-18 5-10 4-3 5-4 0-0
2023 43-31 24-17 12-8 0-1 7-5 0-0
2022 47-29 17-12 14-6 6-6 10-5 0-0
2021 7-15 3-8 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-0
2020 6-8 5-8 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 48, Maria will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Guangzhou where she lost 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0 to Putintseva in the quarter on the 21st

of September.

Maria has a composed 42-27 win-loss record in 2023, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Bogota where she overcame Peyton Stearns in the final 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In terms of her career, Maria has an overall 582-445 record. She has a positive 186-177 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Maria has never competed in this tournament before.

Tokyo
Maria's Record

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

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