Liudmila Samsonova and Diana Shnaider will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.6
Diana Shnaider -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Diana Shnaider

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Diana Shnaider since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

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Rank
17
High
12
LWLWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-23 15-15 8-5 0-0 7-3 0-0
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

Ranked no. 17, the Russian will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Keys in the 3rd round on the 27th of April.

The Russian has a compiled 5-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Samsonova’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 273-162 record. She has a positive 101-66 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.

Rome
Samsonova's Record

Diana Shnaider

Diana Shnaider

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Rank
21
High
11
LWLWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-25 16-16 8-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 55-23 31-15 15-5 0-0 9-3 0-0
2023 25-22 14-13 10-8 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 58-17 11-4 46-11 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 9-3 0-0 8-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 62, Shnaider reached the 2nd round after defeating Greetje Minnen 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Diana had a good straight sets win against Minnen (6-2 6-3). During the match Shnaider scored 71 points vs Minnen’s 51. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Shnaider scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Diana Shnaider lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 63% of her first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Diana broke Minnen 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1.

Diana has a composed 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome
Shnaider's Record

Tennis Scores in Rome

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