Liudmila Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova will play each other in the 1st round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 -> 1.57
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 8th time that Liudmila Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kudermetova won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Seoul back in 2024.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Liudmila Samsonova – Seoul 18-September-2024
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. 20, Samsonova 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.
Ludmilla has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Samsonova’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about her overall career, Samsonova 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.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-25 | 22-16 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-25 | 10-16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-22 | 18-14 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 27-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 15-13 | 14-4 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, the Russian got to the 1st round after beating Laura Samson 6-1 6-2 and Sofia Kenin 7-6(3) 6-2.
Veronika has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2021. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Wakana SonobeSonobe – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – 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
- Lukas KleinKlein – Vaclav SafranekSafranek (3-6 7-62 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- 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
- Sekou BangouraBangoura – Yannick MertensMertens (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob GrillsGrills – Tomas VankoVanko (2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ashlyn KruegerAshlyn – Mccartney KesslerMccartney (6-3 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
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
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Magda LinetteLinette (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
