Liudmila Samsonova and Kamilla Rakhimova will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 7. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.24
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Kamilla Rakhimova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Samsonova and Rakhimova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rakhimova won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 1st round in Bad Homburg back in 2022.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
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. 26, Samsonova will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret. to Keys in the semifinal on the 10th of January.

Samsonova has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ludmilla’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 297-177 record. She has a positive 113-71 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Samsonova's Record

Kamilla Rakhimova

Kamilla Rakhimova

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
109
High
60
LLLWLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-33 12-21 7-8 0-0 8-4 0-0
2024 38-34 26-23 9-9 0-0 3-2 0-0
2023 32-30 20-14 11-11 1-2 0-3 0-0
2022 33-27 14-12 6-10 10-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-22 9-7 10-7 5-6 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 62, the Russian will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Wang in the qualifications on the 5th of January.

The Russian has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Kamilla has an overall 216-154 record. She has a positive 103-71 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Australian Open
Rakhimova's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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