WTA 500 · Semifinals · Abu Dhabi
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Rybakina
💥 Big Hitter
Samsonova
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 4,410 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Elena Rybakina plays Liudmila Samsonova.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Rybakina | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–7 | 3–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.28 | 2.11 |
| ROI % | +71.2% | -42.8% |
| Units P/L | +13.52u | -3.42u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 6 career meetings
2
Rybakina
4
Samsonova
May 18, 2025
Strasbourg
C Clay · Final
Feb 5, 2024
Abu Dhabi
H Hard · Semifinals
Oct 2, 2023
Beijing
H Hard · Semifinals
Aug 7, 2023
Montreal
H Hard · Semifinals
Sep 19, 2022
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 9, 2021
Montreal
H Hard · Round of 64
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Rybakina has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Samsonova's 11%).
| Opponent | Rybakina | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Yuliia Starodubtseva | L | W 62 61 |
| Anastasia Potapova | L 67 46 | L 36 26 |
| Leylah Fernandez | W 67 64 76 | L 75 57 36 |
| Jessica Pegula | W 26 63 64 | L 36 67 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | L 46 36 | L 36 26 |
| Hailey Baptiste | W 76 26 62 | L 36 57 |
| Magdalena Frech | W 63 63 | L 36 64 67 |
| Iga Swiatek | W 75 61 | L 26 57 |
| Marketa Vondrousova | L 46 75 26 | L 16 64 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Rybakina | Samsonova |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.1% | 62.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.7% | 68.1% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 54.4% | 44.6% |
| Aces / Match | 5.5 | 2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 39.2% | 46.3% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 38.7% | 37.9% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 56.2% | 55.1% |
| BP Converted % | 48.5% | 54% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 55.2% | 50.9% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova face off in the Semifinals at Abu Dhabi on Hard.
Elena Rybakina leads 2-4 over 6 previous meetings.
Elena Rybakina is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alexandra Eala (Jun 18).
Liudmila Samsonova is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Jil Teichmann (May 25).
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