Liudmila Samsonova vs Shuai ZhangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova
#43 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 4–1
🇨🇳Shuai Zhang
#81 · 37 yrs · Right-Handed
6w3Liudmila Samsonova and Shuai Zhang have met 2 times since 2022; Liudmila Samsonova leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Samsonova leads 2–0. Samsonova has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Samsonova has taken 4 sets to Zhang's 1. Their most recent meeting: Liudmila Samsonova won at Adelaide International 1 - Adelaide (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Samsonova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Liudmila Samsonova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 65% | 13/20 | 70% | 23/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 58% | 14/24 | 30% | 9/30 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 48% | 21/44 | 30% | 19/63 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 11/24 | 47% | 16/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 12/20 | 41% | 12/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 42% | 5/12 | 75% | 6/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 64% | 18/28 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 46% | 13/28 | 72% | 23/32 |
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 (Samsonova 1, Zhang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Zhang
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Liudmila Samsonova.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jan 2, 2023
Adelaide International 1 - Adelaide
H Hard · 1st Round
Sep 24, 2022
Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo
H Hard · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Samsonova | Zhang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Liudmila Samsonova | Shuai Zhang | ||
| 1 or more | 93% | 14/15 | 17% | 1/6 |
| 3 or more | 53% | 8/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 6/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–6 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.21 | 3.35 |
| ROI % | +20.9% | -32.4% |
| Units P/L | +3.35u | -2.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 10 shared opponents, both Samsonova and Zhang posted a 40% win rate.
| Opponent | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Karolina Muchova | L 64 46 26 | L 36 26 |
| Kayla Day | W 76 26 76 | W 26 62 62 |
| Leylah Fernandez | L 75 57 36 | L 36 26 |
| Ann Li | W 64 63 | L 57 36 |
| Yulia Putintseva | W 76 57 75 | W 64 61 |
| Elena Rybakina | L 46 64 46 | L 36 57 |
| Xinyu Wang | W 62 62 | W 63 62 |
| Magdalena Frech | L 36 64 67 | W 62 64 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 36 26 | L 36 16 |
| Hailey Baptiste | L 36 57 | L 46 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Leylah Fernandez
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Maria Timofeeva
Abierto GNP Seguros - Monterrey · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ann Li
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Aryna Sabalenka
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Jelena Ostapenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Yulia Putintseva
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–63 matches
| Metric | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 45% | 52% |
| Sets won | 50% | 52% |
| Games won | 50% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Samsonova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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