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.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
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

Liudmila Samsonova

4 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
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. 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.

Abu Dhabi
Samsonova's Record

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

10 - 3win/loss

Hard
10-2
I Hard
0-1
Rank
90
High
54
LLLLWWLWLL
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.

Abu Dhabi
Kudermetova's Record

Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi

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