Liudmila Samsonova and Sofia Kenin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.77
Sofia Kenin -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 3^rd time that Liudmila Samsonova and Sofia Kenin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kenin won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Doha back in 2023.

Liudmila Samsonova

Ranked no. 20, Ludmilla reached the 2^nd round after defeating Emiliana Arango 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Ludmilla had a good straight sets win against Arango (6-1 7-5). During the match, Samsonova scored 73 points vs Arango’s 56. Ludmilla was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Samsonova scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Liudmila Samsonova was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Ludmilla broke Arango 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Samsonova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (322-196). 13-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Samsonova has an aggregate 123-82 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

The Russian has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 28, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Anastasia Zakharova 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Zakharova, Sofia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3).During the match Kenin scored less points (1) than Zakharova. In fact, the world no. 20 won 92 points vs Zakharova’s. That means that Kenin was more focused during the important points. Sofia was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Kenin recorded 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 62% of her first serves in, winning 64% (41/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Zakharova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Kenin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Charleston.

The American has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2025, 16-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Samsonova	Kenin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	31
Pts	73-56	92-93
Total Points	129	185
Winners	24	41
%Winners	33%	45%

Both Samsonova and Kenin played 1 match. At the moment, Sofia Kenin dropped 1 set while Liudmila Samsonova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Samsonova has played 1 set(s) less than Kenin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Samsonova played 12 games less than Kenin. Ludmilla scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sofia recorded 41 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Samsonova	Kenin
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	31/59	64/103
%1st in	53%	62%
1st pts	24/31	41/64
%1st pts	77%	64%
2nd pts	16/28	15/39
%2nd pts	57%	38%

Samsonova blasted 3 aces . Kenin scored 4 aces . Samsonova won 77% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Samsonova	Kenin
Won	4	5
Converted	4/11	5/8
% Converted	36%	63%
Conceded	5	11
Saved	4	5
% Saved	80%	45%
Times Broken	1	6

Samsonova broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ludmilla dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sofia conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.

Samsonova
	R1 Arango	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	73-56	73-56
Total points	129	129
Winners	24	24
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	31/59	31/59
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	24/31	24/31
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	16/28	16/28
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Kenin
	R1 Zakharova	Total
Score	3-6 7-65 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	92-93	92-93
Total points	185	185
Winners	41	41
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	64/103	64/103
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	41/64	41/64
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	15/39	15/39
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	5/11	5
Saved %	45%	45%
Times Broken	6	6

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (6-1 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar OtteOtte – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gianluca MagerMager – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dustin BrownBrown – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrej MartinMartin – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Peter HellerHeller (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Daniel MasurMasur (0-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Magdalena FrechFrech – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Donna VekicVekic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ann LiLi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Yue YuanYuan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H and prediction