Liudmila Samsonova and Yuliia Starodubtseva will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of Wimbledon for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 18. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.222
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Starodubtseva won 2-6 7-6(2) 6-0 in the 3^rd round in Madrid back in April 2025.

Highlights Yuliia Starodubtseva vs Liudmila Samsonova – Madrid 26-April-2025

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 19, Ludmilla got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maya Joint 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Joint (6-3 6-2). During the match, Samsonova scored 61 points vs Joint’s 36. Samsonova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Samsonova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Liudmila Samsonova was quite effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Samsonova broke Joint 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (315-190). 4-2 on grass in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Samsonova has a composed 32-16 match record in the last years on grass.

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Strasbourg.

Samsonova has a compiled 21-15 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Ranked no. 68, Yuliia reached the 2^nd round after beating Francesca Jones 1-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Jones, Yuliia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Starodubtseva scored 73 points vs Jones’s 69. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Starodubtseva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 66% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Jones 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

The Ukrainian has a composed 15-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Samsonova	Starodubtseva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	23
Pts	61-36	73-69
Total Points	97	142
Winners	16	30
%Winners	26%	41%

Both Samsonova and Starodubtseva played 1 match. At the moment, Yuliia Starodubtseva surrendered 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t lost a set so far. Samsonova has played 1 set(s) less than Starodubtseva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Samsonova played 6 games less than Starodubtseva. The Russian scored 16 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian managed to score 30 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Samsonova	Starodubtseva
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	20/44	46/70
%1st in	45%	66%
1st pts	16/20	30/46
%1st pts	80%	65%
2nd pts	13/24	11/24
%2nd pts	54%	46%

Samsonova managed to score 2 aces . Starodubtseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Samsonova won 80% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Starodubtseva won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Samsonova	Starodubtseva
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/8
% Converted	60%	63%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	1	2
% Saved	33%	40%
Times Broken	2	3

Ludmilla broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ludmilla dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Ukrainian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Yuliia conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
	R1 Joint	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	61-36	61-36
Total points	97	97
Winners	16	16
%Winners	26%	26%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	20/44	20/44
% 1st in	45%	45%
1st pts	16/20	16/20
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Starodubtseva
	R1 Jones	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	23
pts	73-69	73-69
Total points	142	142
Winners	30	30
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	46/70	46/70
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	30/46	30/46
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

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