Danka Kovinic vs Liudmila SamsonovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇲🇪Danka Kovinic
#868 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
8w2 meetings · sets 2–3
🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova
#43 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Danka Kovinic and Liudmila Samsonova have met 2 times since 2022; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells in 2022 on hard. Across all meetings Kovinic has taken 2 sets to Samsonova's 3. Their most recent meeting: Danka Kovinic won at French Open - Paris (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kovinic | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Danka Kovinic | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 33% | 1/3 | 65% | 13/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 1/7 | 58% | 14/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 3/10 | 48% | 21/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 46% | 11/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 38% | 3/8 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 64% | 18/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 25% | 1/4 | 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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kovinic 0, Samsonova 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovinic
💥 Big Hitter
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 3,072 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
May 23, 2022
French Open - Paris
C Clay · 1st Round
Mar 13, 2022
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 3rd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovinic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 2.21 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | +20.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | +3.35u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kovinic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| Distance | — | 7,530 mi · 12,118 km |
| Route | — | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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Aug 19
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W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 12
Julia Riera
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Noemi Basiletti
ATV Bancomat Tennis Open - Rome · 1st Round
Jul 14
Lisa Pigato
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round
Jul 1
Marie Vogt
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 30
Tena Lukas
W50 Stuttgart-Vaihingen · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Miriam Bianca Bulgaru
Internazionali Femminili - Brescia · 1st Round
Jun 16
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
Kayla Day
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Marta Kostyuk
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
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 · 10–44 matches
| Metric | Kovinic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 30% | 45% |
| Sets won | 30% | 50% |
| Games won | 42% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kovinic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kovinic | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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