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Jelena Ostapenko #30 def. Liudmila Samsonova #48

6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 18, 2021*
Tournament	Luxembourg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Ostapenko
Score	6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Liudmila Samsonova

Stat	Jelena Ostapenko	Liudmila Samsonova
Aces	2	5
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	64	59
Second serve points won %	56	36
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	61	48
Return points won %	52	39
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Ostapenko	Liudmila Samsonova
Country	LAT	RUS
Birth date	Jun 8, 1997	Nov 11, 1998
Age	24	22
Height	177	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	48
Ranking points (entering)	2,095	1,441
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,825
Career W-L	289–210	161–133
Career earnings	$20,224,063	$8,919,896

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Ostapenko 1 – 0 Liudmila Samsonova

Path

Jelena Ostapenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2021	QF	Alizé Cornet	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2021	R16	Arianne Hartono	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2021	R32	Jule Niemeier	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Ostapenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 2021	F	Clara Tauson	3-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Liudmila Samsonova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2021	QF	Belinda Bencic	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2021	R16	Oceane Dodin	7-6(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2021	R32	Misaki Doi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data