Liudmila Samsonova and Naomi Osaka will square off in the 2^nd round of the Miami Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.73
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Naomi Osaka

This will be the 3^rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Naomi Osaka fight 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, Samsonova won 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Madrid back in 2024.

Highlights Liudmila Samsonova vs Naomi Osaka – Madrid 25-April-2024

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 21, Ludmilla will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Sabalenka in the quarter on the 13^th of March.

Samsonova has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ludmilla’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, Samsonova has an overall 303-182 record. She has a positive 119-76 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2021 and 2023. See her history.

Naomi Osaka

Ranked no. 61, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Starodubtseva, Osaka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Osaka scored 96 points vs Starodubtseva’s 89. Osaka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Osaka struck 10 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Naomi Osaka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Osaka put 53% of her first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Osaka broke Starodubtseva 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Naomi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Auckland.

The Japanese has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Jake HerseyHersey (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michal DembekDembek – Maxime HamouHamou (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Hugo PonticoPontico (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo – Mateus Alves (2001)
  Alves (2001) (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Skander MansouriMansouri – Aaron SchmidSchmid (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Yuichiro InuiInui (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mccartney KesslerKessler – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Bernarda PeraPera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Belinda BencicBencic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Anna BondarBondar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Lauren DavisDavis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Alycia ParksParks (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction