Liudmila Samsonova and Elina Avanesyan will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 10. 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
Elina Avanesyan -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Elina Avanesyan

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Elina Avanesyan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Samsonova won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2024.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

23 - 18win/loss

Hard
9-10
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
8-3
Rank
27
High
12
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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
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Ranked no. 17, the Russian got to the 3rd round after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-4 6-4 and Magda Linette 7-6(10) 6-1.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Linette (7-610 6-1). During the match, Samsonova scored 78 points vs Linette’s 63. Samsonova was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samsonova fired 9 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova was quite effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of her 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ludmilla broke Linette twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (290-170). 8-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has an aggregate106-64 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 4-6 6-3 7-5.

Samsonova has an aggregate 22-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Samsonova's Record

Elina Avanesyan

Elina Avanesyan

25 - 18win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
11-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
43
High
43
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-24 12-13 11-7 1-1 5-3 0-0
2023 31-24 7-12 20-9 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-26 11-7 25-17 2-1 0-1 0-0
2021 48-19 0-0 48-18 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 14-8 4-2 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 60, the Armenian reached the 3rd round after defeating Lauren Davis 6-3 6-1, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-4 7-5 and Jelena Ostapenko 2-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Ostapenko, Elina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Avanesyan scored 76 points vs Ostapenko’s 65. Avanesyan was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Avanesyan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve 6 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 71% of her first serves in, winning 46% (21/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Avanesyan broke Ostapenko 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Armenian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Elina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Iasi.

Avanesyan has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Avanesyan has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Avanesyan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Samsonova
E.Avanesyan
3h:21
3h:21
Time on court​
4h:46
4h:46
1h:50
1h:50
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
40
40
Games Played​
79
79
4
4
Set played​​
9
9
146
146
Total points​
229
229
73
73
Avg point​
57.3
57.3
47
47
Winners
98
98
23.5
23.5
Avg Winners​
24.5
24.5
32%
32%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
3
3
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
0.8
0.8
10
10
Double Faults
10
10
5
5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
47/57
47/57
1st won total​
98/161
98/161
!
82%
82%
1st won %
61%
61%
41/74
41/74
2nd won total​
29/57
29/57
55%
55%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
16/31
16/31
3.5/6
3.5/6
Avg BP won
4/7.8
4/7.8
!
58%
58%
Won
!
52%
52%
12
12
Conceded
27
27
6
6
Avg Conceded
6.8
6.8
3
3
Broken
8
8
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
19
19
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Samsonova Avanesyan
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 40 62
Pts 146-120 229-192
Total Points 266 421
Winners 47 98
%Winners 32% 43%

Samsonova played 2 matches while Avanesyan competed in 3 matches. Avanesyan started her run from the qualifications while Samsonova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elina Avanesyan surrendered 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Samsonova has played 3 set(s) less than Avanesyan (4 vs 7). Therefore, Samsonova played 22 games less than Avanesyan. Samsonova scored 47 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Armenian bagged 98 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Samsonova Avanesyan
Aces 11 3
Avg per match 5.5 1
1st in 57/131 161/218
%1st in 44% 74%
1st pts 47/57 98/161
%1st pts 82% 61%
2nd pts 41/74 29/57
%2nd pts 55% 51%

Samsonova blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Avanesyan blasted 3 aces (1 per match). Samsonova won 82% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Avanesyan won 61% of the points on 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 Samsonova Avanesyan
Won 7 16
Converted 7/12 16/31
% Converted 58% 52%
Conceded 12 27
Saved 9 19
% Saved 75% 70%
Times Broken 3 8

Samsonova broke her opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Ludmilla dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Elina broke her opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Armenian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
R1
Wang		 R2
Linette		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-610 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 20 40
pts 68-57 78-63 146-120
Total points 125 141 266
Winners 19 28 47
%Winners 28% 36% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 9 11
Double Faults 6 4 10
1st in 25/60 32/71 57/131
% 1st in 42% 45% 44%
1st pts 19/25 28/32 47/57
% 1st pts 76% 88% 82%
2nd pts 16/35 25/39 41/74
% 2nd pts 46% 64% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 2 7
Converted 5/8 2/4 7/12
Converted % 63% 50% 58%
Conceded 7 5 12
Saved 4/7 5/5 9
Saved % 57% 100% 79%
Times Broken 3 0 3
Avanesyan
Q1
Davis		 Q3
Dart		 R1
Andreescu		 R2
Ostapenko		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-4 7-5 2-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 16 17 22 24 79
pts 70-51 – 83-76 76-65 229-192
Total points 121 0 159 141 421
Winners 33 44 21 98
%Winners 47% 0% 53% 28% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 2 1 3
Double Faults 6 1 3 10
1st in 46/65 / 69/88 46/65 161/218
% 1st in 71% 0% 78% 71% 74%
1st pts 33/46 / 44/69 21/46 98/161
% 1st pts 72% 0% 64% 46% 61%
2nd pts 6/19 / 11/19 12/19 29/57
% 2nd pts 32% 0% 58% 63% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8 16
Converted 5/9 / 3/9 8/13 16/31
Converted % 56% 0% 33% 62% 52%
Conceded 8 12 7 27
Saved 7/8 0/ 11/12 1/7 19
Saved % 88% – 92% 14% 97%
Times Broken 1 1 6 8

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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