Liudmila Samsonova and Polina Kudermetova will play each other in the 1st round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 3 sets.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.68
Polina Kudermetova -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Polina Kudermetova
This will be the 3rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Polina Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kudermetova won 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Brisbane back in January 2025.
Liudmila Samsonova
| 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. 21, the Russian will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Danilovic in the 2nd round on the 15th of January.
The Russian has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about her overall career, Ludmilla has an overall 298-178 record. She has a positive 114-72 record on hard.
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.
Polina Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-26 | 18-18 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-35 | 28-13 | 21-14 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 33-26 | 5-5 | 13-13 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 54-19 | 30-14 | 8-3 | 16-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 9-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, Polina will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match in Singapore where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Birrell in the 1st round on the 28th of January.
The Russian has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Polina’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Brisbane.
In terms of her career, Kudermetova has an overall 190-104 record. She has a positive 83-39 record on hard.
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Nik RazborsekRazborsek (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas GerchGerch – Fabien ReboulReboul (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrik RiklRikl – Marek GengelGengel (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David PoljakPoljak – Sadio DoumbiaDoumbia (2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Michal KonecnyKonecny (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko (6-75 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Marvin NetuschilNetuschil (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Francesco FortiForti (7-65 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter HellerHeller – Tobias SimonSimon (3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evan FurnessFurness – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob GrillsGrills – Tomas VankoVanko (2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sekou BangouraBangoura – Yannick MertensMertens (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (1-1) – H2H and prediction