Liudmila Samsonova and Viktoriya Tomova will play each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.23
Viktoriya Tomova -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Viktoriya Tomova face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Bad Homburg back in 2023.
Liudmila Samsonova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-10 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 15, Ludmilla will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 7-5 7-6(4) to Annie in the 1st round on the 12th of February.
The Russian has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ludmilla’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 271-157 record. She has a positive 101-59 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.
Viktoriya Tomova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 9-9 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-29 | 16-9 | 20-10 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 14-8 | 21-15 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-9 | 13-12 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 17-10 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, the Bulgarian reached the 1st round after defeating Ankita Raina 6-4 6-0 and Timea Babos 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Viktoriya had a good straight sets win against Babos (6-4 6-3). During the match Tomova scored 60 points vs Babos’s 45. Tomova was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Tomova struck 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Viktoriya Tomova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Viktoriya broke Babos 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.
The Bulgarian has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Magdalena FrechFrech – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-62 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sloane StephensStephens – Clara BurelBurel (6-4 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donna VekicVekic – Xinyu WangWang (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nao HibinoHibino – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-2 2-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Patricio HerasHeras (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 4-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo DellienDellien – Kenneth RaismaRaisma (6-3 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Joao SouzaSouza (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine HoangHoang – Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Gleb SakharovSakharov (7-61 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin CuevasCuevas – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BellottiBellotti – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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