Marketa Vondrousova and Liudmila Samsonova will play each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.61
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
This will be the 3rd time that Marketa Vondrousova and Liudmila Samsonova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Vondrousova won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2022.
Highlights Marketa Vondrousova vs Liudmila Samsonova – Australian Open 20-January-2022
Marketa Vondrousova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 5-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-18 | 19-12 | 9-3 | 4-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 11-3 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-19 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 4-6 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, the Czech reached the 3rd round after defeating Peyton Stearns 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Czech defeated Stearns (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match, Vondrousova scored 101 points vs Stearns’s 83. Marketa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vondrousova bagged 9 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Marketa broke Stearns 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).
Vondrousova has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (260-111). 3-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has an aggregate 99-55 match record in the last years on hard.
The Czech has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Liudmila Samsonova
| 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. 15, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Viktoriya Tomova 7-62 6-3 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova w/o.
In the 2nd round, Ludmilla defeated Pavlyuchenkova (w/o). During the match Samsonova and Pavlyuchenkova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 8 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Russian was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
Talking about serving, Samsonova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Liudmila Samsonova conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Samsonova has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 |
| Pts | 101-83 | 78-65 |
| Total Points | 184 | 143 |
| Winners | 37 | 31 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Vondrousova and Samsonova played 1 match. At the moment, Marketa Vondrousova dropped 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t lost a set so far. Vondrousova has played 1 set more than Samsonova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vondrousova played 5 games more than Samsonova. Vondrousova scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 31 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 13 |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 37/71 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 31/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 18/34 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 53% |
Vondrousova recorded 9 aces . Samsonova struck 13 aces . Vondrousova won 73% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 84% of the points on 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 | Vondrousova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 2 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 25% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 64% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Marketa broke her opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Ludmilla broke her opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | |||
| R2 Stearns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 101-83 | 101-83 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 51/84 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Samsonova | ||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | – | 22 | |
| pts | 78-65 | – | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | – | 143 | |
| Winners | 31 | – | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | – | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | – | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | – | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | – | 37/71 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | – | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | – | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | – | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | – | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | – | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | – | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | – | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | – | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Dubai
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- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (w/o) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-75 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Petra MarticMartic (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Riccardo BellottiBellotti (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-65 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Nao HibinoHibino (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (4-6 6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
