Kaia Kanepi vs Liudmila SamsonovaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇪🇪Kaia Kanepi
Unranked · 41 yrs · Right-Handed
149w3 meetings · sets 1–6
🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova
#43 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
Kaia Kanepi and Liudmila Samsonova have met 3 times since 2021; Liudmila Samsonova leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon - London in 2021 on grass. On hard courts Samsonova leads 2–0. Samsonova has won the last 3 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Samsonova leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Kanepi has taken 1 sets to Samsonova's 6. Their most recent meeting: Liudmila Samsonova won at Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kanepi | Samsonova | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kaia Kanepi | Liudmila Samsonova | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 65% | 13/20 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 58% | 14/24 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 48% | 21/44 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 46% | 11/24 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 60% | 12/20 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 42% | 5/12 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 64% | 18/28 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kanepi 0, Samsonova 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kanepi
🤖 Servebot
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both Kaia Kanepi and Liudmila Samsonova are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,080 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Oct 17, 2022
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 7, 2022
Citi Open - Washington
H Hard · Final
Jun 29, 2021
Wimbledon - London
G Grass · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kanepi | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 10–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.21 |
| ROI % | - | +20.9% |
| Units P/L | - | +3.35u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kanepi | 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
Chloe Paquet
Open Angers Arena Loire - Angers · 1st Round
Dec 5
Dalma Galfi
Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole - Rouen · 1st Round
Oct 10
Qinwen Zheng
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Aug 31
Barbora Strycova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Rebecca Peterson
Chicago Open - Chicago · 2nd Round
Aug 23
Margarita Betova
Chicago Open - Chicago · 1st Round
Aug 21
Alize Cornet
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 2nd Round
Aug 3
Lucrezia Stefanini
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 1st Round
Aug 1
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 · 44–44 matches
| Metric | Kanepi | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 45% |
| Sets won | - | 50% |
| Games won | - | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kanepi | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kanepi | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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