Anastasia Potapova vs Liudmila SamsonovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#25 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–1
🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova
#45 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Anastasia Potapova and Liudmila Samsonova have met 3 times since 2020; Anastasia Potapova leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg in 2020 on hard. On clay courts Potapova leads 2–0. Potapova has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Potapova has taken 6 sets to Samsonova's 1. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Potapova won at Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Potapova | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Potapova | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 58% | 15/26 | 72% | 13/18 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 41% | 17/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 9/22 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 12/19 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 25% | 2/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 17/19 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 15/19 | 54% | 13/24 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Potapova 2, Samsonova 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Potapova
👑 The Complete Package
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 1,830 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Anastasia Potapova.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 10, 2026
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 3rd Round
Apr 17, 2024
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart
C Clay · 1st Round
Feb 10, 2020
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Potapova | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Potapova | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 6/8 | 100% | 16/16 |
| 3 or more | 13% | 1/8 | 75% | 12/16 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 63% | 10/16 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 6% | 1/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/8 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–5 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.73 | 2.26 |
| ROI % | -47.9% | +11.3% |
| Units P/L | -3.83u | +1.81u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 4 | 7 |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | 761 mi · 1,225 km |
| Route | AUT → CAN → POL | AUT → CAN → POL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Potapova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Samsonova's 30%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Coco Gauff | W 46 76 64 | L 62 46 16 |
| Elena Rybakina | W 76 64 | L 46 64 46 |
| Elina Svitolina | L 16 16 | L 63 36 26 |
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | W 75 67 62 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 16 26 | L 36 46 |
| Katerina Siniakova | W 63 64 | W 63 75 |
| Daria Kasatkina | W 75 46 64 | L 57 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 67 26 | L 36 67 |
| Lilli Tagger | W 76 60 | L 26 67 |
| Emiliana Arango | L 67 26 | W 61 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sloane Stephens
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Elina Svitolina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Elena Gabriela Ruse
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Venus Williams
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Suzan Lamens
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 10
Anna Kalinskaya
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
Jun 1
Coco Gauff
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Yulia Putintseva
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Elena Rybakina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 9
Maya Joint
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Barbora Krejcikova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Janice Tjen
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Xinyu Wang
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 29
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–41 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 44% |
| Sets won | 58% | 48% |
| Games won | 53% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Potapova | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
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