Liudmila Samsonova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 1.62
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

This will be the 2nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlyuchenkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pavlyuchenkova won 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2023.

Highlights Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Liudmila Samsonova – French Open 31-May-2023

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

5 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-5
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. 23, the Russian will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 7-6(5) 7-5 to Ostapenko in the 2nd round on the 11th of February.

The Russian has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 299-180 record. She has a positive 115-74 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023 and 2024. See her history.

Dubai
Samsonova's Record

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
47
High
11
LWLLLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-14 6-9 1-3 0-0 7-2 0-0
2024 27-19 20-11 3-5 3-1 1-2 0-0
2023 24-17 6-8 15-7 3-2 0-0 0-0
2022 2-3 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 29-20 12-11 10-3 5-4 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 25, Pavlyuchenkova will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 5-7 4-1 ret. to Linette in the 2nd round on the 5th of February.

The Russian has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Pavlyuchenkova has an overall 545-359 record. She has a positive 293-194 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2010. See her history.

Dubai
Pavlyuchenkova's Record

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