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
#45 · 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 | 71% | 27/38 | 72% | 13/18 |
| Wins a set when losing | 77% | 10/13 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 21/51 | 41% | 17/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 59% | 23/39 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 82% | 9/11 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 25% | 2/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 32/38 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 27/38 | 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 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 1,830 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 | 100% | 7/7 | 100% | 16/16 |
| 3 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 75% | 12/16 |
| 5 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 63% | 10/16 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 6% | 1/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/16 |
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 | 5–1 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.42 | 2.26 |
| ROI % | +11.2% | +11.3% |
| Units P/L | +0.67u | +1.81u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 7 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 761 mi · 1,225 km |
| Route | CAN | 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
Bencic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Samsonova's 30%).
| Opponent | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Hailey Baptiste | L 16 76 36 | L 36 57 |
| Jessica Pegula | L 36 67 | L 36 67 |
| Sofia Kenin | W 76 36 62 | W 64 60 |
| Aliaksandra Sasnovich | W 63 64 | W 64 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Anna Kalinskaya
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round
Jul 3
Xi Yao Wang
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Mika Stojsavljevic
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Elina Svitolina
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
May 31
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 · 41–51 matches
| Metric | Bencic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 44% |
| Sets won | 70% | 48% |
| Games won | 58% | 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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