Liudmila Samsonova and Belinda Bencic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Adelaide International for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.58
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.38

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Belinda Bencic

This will be the 6th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Belinda Bencic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Samsonova won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Montreal back in 2023.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs Belinda Bencic – Montreal 11-August-2023

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
26
High
12
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 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. 26, Ludmilla reached the 2nd round after defeating Marie Bouzkova 1-6 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round against Bouzkova, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Samsonova scored 79 points vs Bouzkova’s 78. Ludmilla was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Samsonova struck 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 46% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Samsonova broke Bouzkova 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).

Samsonova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (295-176). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has a composed 111-70 record in the last years on hard.

Samsonova has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Adelaide
Samsonova's Record

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
421
High
4
WWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 421, Belinda got to the 2nd round after defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-2 6-3, Laura Siegemund 6-2 6-3 and Anna Kalinskaya 6-2 1-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Kalinskaya, Bencic had a free pass after Kalinskaya retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.

Bencic has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2023. See her history.

Adelaide
Bencic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Samsonova
B.Bencic
2h:23
2h:23
Time on court​
!
3h:39
3h:39
!
2h:23
2h:23
Last match​
!
0h:54
0h:54
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
24
24
Games Played​
43
43
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
79
79
Total points​
167
167
79
79
Avg point​
55.7
55.7
23
23
Winners
69
69
23
23
Avg Winners​
23
23
29%
29%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
6
6
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
23/33
23/33
1st won total​
69/92
69/92
70%
70%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
17/39
17/39
2nd won total​
28/52
28/52
44%
44%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
5/15
5/15
BP won
12/18
12/18
5/15
5/15
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
33%
33%
Won
!
67%
67%
10
10
Conceded
12
12
10
10
Avg Conceded
4
4
4
4
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
6
6
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Samsonova Bencic
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 24 43
Pts 79-78 167-107
Total Points 157 274
Winners 23 69
%Winners 29% 41%

Samsonova played 1 match while Bencic competed in 3 matches. Bencic started her run from the qualifications while Samsonova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Liudmila Samsonova dropped 1 set while Belinda Bencic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Samsonova has played 4 set(s) less than Bencic (3 vs 7). Therefore, Samsonova played 19 games less than Bencic. Samsonova scored 23 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss struck 69 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Samsonova Bencic
Aces 4 6
Avg per match 4 2
1st in 33/72 92/144
%1st in 46% 64%
1st pts 23/33 69/92
%1st pts 70% 75%
2nd pts 17/39 28/52
%2nd pts 44% 54%

Samsonova fired 4 aces . Bencic blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Samsonova won 70% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Samsonova Bencic
Won 5 12
Converted 5/15 12/18
% Converted 33% 67%
Conceded 10 12
Saved 6 10
% Saved 60% 83%
Times Broken 4 2

Ludmilla broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Samsonova surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Swiss broke her opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Belinda conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
R1
Bouzkova
Total
Score 1-6 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 79-78 79-78
Total points 157 157
Winners 23 23
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 33/72 33/72
% 1st in 46% 46%
1st pts 23/33 23/33
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 17/39 17/39
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/15 5/15
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4
Bencic
Q1
Uchijima
Q3
Siegemund
R1
Kalinskaya
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 17 9 43
pts 62-39 62-44 43-24 167-107
Total points 101 106 67 274
Winners 30 24 15 69
%Winners 48% 39% 35% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 4 6
Double Faults 1 2 2 5
1st in 42/59 33/55 17/30 92/144
% 1st in 71% 60% 57% 64%
1st pts 30/42 24/33 15/17 69/92
% 1st pts 71% 73% 88% 75%
2nd pts 10/17 11/22 7/13 28/52
% 2nd pts 59% 50% 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 5 3 12
Converted 4/4 5/9 3/5 12/18
Converted % 100% 56% 60% 67%
Conceded 5 4 3 12
Saved 4/5 3/4 3/3 10
Saved % 80% 75% 100% 255%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

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