Belinda Bencic vs Liudmila SamsonovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇭Belinda Bencic
#12 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
6 meetings · sets 5–11
🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova
#43 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Belinda Bencic and Liudmila Samsonova have met 6 times since 2021; Liudmila Samsonova leads 5–1. Their first meeting came at Betti Open - Berlin in 2021 on grass. On hard courts Samsonova leads 4–1. Samsonova has won the last 2 meetings. 2 of their meetings have been finals, split 1–1. Across all meetings Bencic has taken 5 sets to Samsonova's 11. Their most recent meeting: Liudmila Samsonova won at Adelaide International - Adelaide (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bencic | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Belinda Bencic | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 26/36 | 65% | 13/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 77% | 10/13 | 58% | 14/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 20/49 | 48% | 21/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 23/40 | 46% | 11/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 89% | 8/9 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 62% | 8/13 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 31/37 | 64% | 18/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 26/37 | 46% | 13/28 |
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 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bencic 0, Samsonova 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bencic
👑 The Complete Package
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 2,084 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Belinda Bencic.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
6 career meetings, newest first
Jan 8, 2025
Adelaide International - Adelaide
H Hard · 2nd Round
Aug 12, 2023
Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 12, 2023
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open - Abu Dhabi
H Hard · Final
Nov 6, 2021
Billie Jean King Cup, Finals
H Hard · Rubber 1
Sep 17, 2021
BGL Luxembourg Open - Luxembourg
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jun 20, 2021
Betti Open - Berlin
G Grass · Final
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Bencic | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Belinda Bencic | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| 1 or more | 83% | 5/6 | 93% | 14/15 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 3/6 | 53% | 8/15 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 40% | 6/15 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.34 | 2.21 |
| ROI % | -9.2% | +20.9% |
| Units P/L | -0.55u | +3.35u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 6 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km |
| Route | ROU | UKR → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Bencic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Samsonova's 30%).
| Opponent | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Li | L 46 36 | W 64 63 |
| Karolina Muchova | W 36 75 75 | L 64 46 26 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 63 63 | L 67 26 |
| Yulia Putintseva | L 64 57 36 | W 76 57 75 |
| Coco Gauff | L 64 36 46 | L 62 46 16 |
| Diana Shnaider | W 62 76 | L 36 46 |
| Madison Keys | L 64 36 26 | W 36 64 64 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 63 67 64 | L 64 67 46 |
| Elina Svitolina | L 64 46 06 | L 63 36 26 |
| Elise Mertens | W 62 63 | L 61 36 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ann Li
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Anastasia Zakharova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Yulia Putintseva
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Lois Boisson
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Alexandra Eala
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 10
Taylor Townsend
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 8
Sloane Stephens
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Coco Gauff
Wimbledon - London · 4th Round
Jul 5
Karolina Muchova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Linda Fruhvirtova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Peyton Stearns
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Semifinals
Sep 19
Marta Kostyuk
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
Sep 17
Kayla Day
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Elsa Jacquemot
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 15
Maya Joint
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Coco Gauff
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–49 matches
| Metric | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 45% |
| Sets won | 69% | 50% |
| Games won | 57% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 2 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 4 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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