Liudmila Samsonova and Hailey Baptiste will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.6
Hailey Baptiste -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Hailey Baptiste

This will be the 2^nd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Hailey Baptiste clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Samsonova won 1-6 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2020.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 21, Ludmilla will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 2-6 7-6(2) 6-0 to Starodubtseva in the 3^rd round on the 26^th of April.

The Russian has a composed 10-10 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 304-185 record. She has a positive 107-71 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

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

Hailey Baptiste

Ranked no. 90, Baptiste reached the 2^nd round after defeating Storm Hunter 6-0 7-6(2), Jil Teichmann 7-6(6) 7-5 and Anna Blinkova 7-6(7) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (7-6⁷ 6-4). During the match Baptiste scored 85 points vs Blinkova’s 80. Hailey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Baptiste bagged 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Hailey Baptiste lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Baptiste put 47% of her first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Baptiste broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Baptiste has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Dan AddedAdded – Dominik RecekRecek (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Colin SinclairSinclair – Lucas GerchGerch (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan SatralSatral – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Evan FurnessFurness – Petr NouzaNouza (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Julian LenzLenz – Ondrej StylerStyler (6-2 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Jiri JenicekJenicek (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ondrej KrstevKrstev – Jacob GrillsGrills (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Patrik RiklRikl (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Sofia KeninKenin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Donna VekicVekic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Magda LinetteLinette (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Suzan LamensLamens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction