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Liudmila Samsonova #22 def. Elena Rybakina #5

7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2023*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Liudmila Samsonova
Score	7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	Elena Rybakina

Stat	Liudmila Samsonova	Elena Rybakina
Aces	7	4
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	76	65
Second serve points won %	52	56
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Liudmila Samsonova	Elena Rybakina
Country	RUS	KAZ
Birth date	Nov 11, 1998	Jun 17, 1999
Age	24	24
Height	182	184
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,000	5,665
Elo (entering)	1,951	2,057
Career W-L	161–133	296–125
Career earnings	$8,919,896	$29,098,922

Pre-match H2H

Liudmila Samsonova 3 – 0 Elena Rybakina

Path

Liudmila Samsonova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2023	QF	Jelena Ostapenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2023	R16	Marta Kostyuk	6-4 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2023	R32	Petra Kvitova	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2023	R64	Alycia Parks	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Liudmila Samsonova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2023	F	Iga Swiatek	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Elena Rybakina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2023	QF	Aryna Sabalenka	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2023	R16	Mirra Andreeva	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2023	R32	Tatjana Maria	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2023	R64	Qinwen Zheng	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data