Liudmila Samsonova and Paula Badosa Gibert will face off in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on JOHN HARRIS. 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 -> 1.81
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

This will be the 4th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Paula Badosa Gibert clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Samsonova won 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2023.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs Paula Badosa Gibert – Dubai 19-February-2023

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

18 - 17win/loss

Hard
4-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
8-3
Rank
25
High
12
LLLLWWWLWW
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. 13, Samsonova will start her run in Washington after she played her last match at the London where she lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to Kalinskaya in the 3rd round on the 6th of July.

Ludmilla has a composed 18-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where she beat Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 4-6 6-3 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 286-168 record. She has a positive 102-62 record on hard.

Previously in Washington

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

Washington
Samsonova's Record

Paula Badosa Gibert

Paula Badosa Gibert

18 - 13win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-2
Rank
11
High
2
LWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-18 26-11 6-5 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0
2020 14-9 7-6 6-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 62, Badosa reached the 2nd round after defeating Sofia Kenin 6-1 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-1 7-66). During the match Badosa scored 78 points vs Kenin’s 61. Badosa was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Badosa managed to score 11 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 55% of her first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Paula broke Kenin 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

The Spaniard has an overall 17-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Paula has never competed in this tournament before.

Washington
Badosa's Record

Tennis Scores in Washington

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