Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova will play each other in the final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.49
Liudmila Samsonova -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Liudmila Samsonova

This will be the 6^th time that Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Samsonova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 6-0 4-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi back in 2024.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Liudmila Samsonova – Abu Dhabi 10-February-2024

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 12, the Kazakhstani got to the final after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-3, Magda Linette 7-5 6-3 and Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6(7) 1-6 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Kazakhstani defeated Haddad Maia (7-6⁷ 1-6 6-2). During the match, Rybakina scored 100 points vs Haddad Maia’s 99. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina managed to score 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 59% of her first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Haddad Maia 3 times after converting 23% of her break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elena has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Rybakina has a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (347-150). 5-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakina has an aggregate 86-37 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Elena’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Strasbourg.

Rybakina has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Strasbourg

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 19, Samsonova reached the final after beating Linda Noskova 6-1 7-5, Diane Parry 6-4 6-4, Paula Badosa 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Danielle Rose Collins 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, Samsonova had a good straight sets win against Collins (6-4 6-2). During the match Samsonova scored 62 points vs Collins’s 50. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Samsonova fired 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liudmila Samsonova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Samsonova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (4/15) on the 2nd serve. Ludmilla broke Collins 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

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

The Russian has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Strasbourg

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Samsonova
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	65	86
Pts	235-198	309-261
Total Points	433	570
Winners	93	127
%Winners	40%	41%

Rybakina played 3 matches while Samsonova competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina lost 1 set, while Liudmila Samsonova dropped 1 set. Rybakina has played 2 set(s) less than Samsonova (7 vs 9). Therefore, Rybakina played 21 games less than Samsonova. The Kazakhstani scored 93 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 127 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Samsonova
Aces	21	14
Avg per match	7	3.5
1st in	120/199	187/272
%1st in	60%	69%
1st pts	93/120	127/187
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	45/79	44/85
%2nd pts	57%	52%

Rybakina scored 21 aces (7 per match). Samsonova made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Rybakina won 78% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Samsonova won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Samsonova
Won	9	19
Converted	9/32	19/35
% Converted	28%	54%
Conceded	15	28
Saved	12	19
% Saved	80%	68%
Times Broken	3	9

The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 9 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Samsonova broke her opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. Samsonova conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Wang	1/4 Linette	1/2 Haddad Maia	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	7-5 6-3	7-67 1-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	16	21	28	65
pts	60-38	75-61	100-99	235-198
Total points	98	136	199	433
Winners	22	31	40	93
%Winners	37%	41%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	8	21
Double Faults	0	1	3	4
1st in	28/45	38/63	54/91	120/199
% 1st in	62%	60%	59%	60%
1st pts	22/28	31/38	40/54	93/120
% 1st pts	79%	82%	74%	78%
2nd pts	12/17	16/25	17/37	45/79
% 2nd pts	71%	64%	46%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/10	2/9	3/13	9/32
Converted %	40%	22%	23%	28%
Conceded	2	2	11	15
Saved	2/2	2/2	8/11	12
Saved %	100%	100%	73%	91%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Samsonova
	R1 Noskova	R2 Parry	1/4 Badosa	1/2 Collins	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-4 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	19	20	29	18	86
pts	72-53	77-67	98-91	62-50	309-261
Total points	125	144	189	112	570
Winners	28	29	35	35	127
%Winners	39%	38%	36%	56%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	5	5	14
Double Faults	0	1	1	1	3
1st in	37/52	45/69	54/85	51/66	187/272
% 1st in	71%	65%	64%	77%	69%
1st pts	28/37	29/45	35/54	35/51	127/187
% 1st pts	76%	64%	65%	69%	68%
2nd pts	9/15	13/24	18/31	4/15	44/85
% 2nd pts	60%	54%	58%	27%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	5	19
Converted	5/11	4/5	5/13	5/6	19/35
Converted %	45%	80%	38%	83%	54%
Conceded	2	7	12	7	28
Saved	1/2	5/7	8/12	5/7	19
Saved %	50%	71%	67%	71%	86%
Times Broken	1	2	4	2	9

Tennis Scores in Strasbourg

• Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Markus ErikssonEriksson (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (4-1) – H2H and prediction