Petra Kvitova and Liudmila Samsonova will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the China Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on LOTUS. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.68
Petra Kvitova -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Liudmila Samsonova

This will be the 2^nd time that Petra Kvitova and Liudmila Samsonova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kvitova won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Brisbane back in 2020.

Petra Kvitova

Ranked no. 14, Kvitova reached the 2^nd round after beating Xiyu Wang 6-7⁶ 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Wang, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 7-5 6-3). During the match, Kvitova scored 130 points vs Wang’s 118. Kvitova was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kvitova fired 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 64% (59/92) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Kvitova broke Wang 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).

Kvitova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (335-153). 22-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kvitova has an aggregate 195-93 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Miami where she defeated Elena Rybakina in the final 7-6(14) 6-2 and in Berlin where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 7-6(6).

The Czech has a composed 30-12 win-loss record in 2023, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 22, Samsonova reached the 2^nd round after beating Alycia Parks 6-4 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Parks (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match Samsonova scored 82 points vs Parks’s 74. Ludmilla was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Samsonova fired 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Parks 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

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

The Russian has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2023, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kvitova	Samsonova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	34	23
Pts	130-118	82-74
Total Points	248	156
Winners	59	29
%Winners	45%	35%

Both Kvitova and Samsonova played 1 match. At the moment, Petra Kvitova conceded 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kvitova has played 1 set more than Samsonova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kvitova played 11 games more than Samsonova. Kvitova scored 59 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Samsonova struck 29 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kvitova	Samsonova
Aces	6	4
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	92/126	45/88
%1st in	73%	51%
1st pts	59/92	29/45
%1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	17/34	22/43
%2nd pts	50%	51%

Kvitova made 6 aces . Samsonova bagged 4 aces . Kvitova won 64% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kvitova	Samsonova
Won	6	5
Converted	6/17	5/9
% Converted	35%	56%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9	9
% Saved	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

The Czech broke her opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Petra surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. Samsonova broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ludmilla conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.

Kvitova
	R1 Wang	Total
Score	6-76 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	130-118	130-118
Total points	248	248
Winners	59	59
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	92/126	92/126
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	59/92	59/92
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	17/34	17/34
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/17	6/17
Converted %	35%	35%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9/13	9
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

Samsonova
	R1 Parks	Total
Score	6-4 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	82-74	82-74
Total points	156	156
Winners	29	29
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	45/88	45/88
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	29/45	29/45
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	22/43	22/43
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9/13	9
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Lin ZhuZhu (6-0 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Eva LysLys (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan XuMihalikova/Yifan Xu – Desirae Krawczyk/Demi SchuursKrawczyk/Demi Schuurs (6-4 1-6 10-6) – See score progression
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Linda NoskovaNoskova – Fangran TianTian (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Daria SavilleSaville – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Xiyu WangWang (6-7⁶ 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Arantxa RusRus (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 2-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Magda LinetteLinette – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Yue YuanYuan – Elise MertensMertens (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Lin ZhuZhu (6-0 3-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Cori GauffGauff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Katie BoulterBoulter (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yue YuanYuan – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-4) – H2H and prediction