# Liudmila Samsonova vs Lena Papadakis — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/liudmila-samsonova-vs-lena-papadakis?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:18&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:612555
Tour: WTA

Liudmila Samsonova holds a 1–0 lead over Lena Papadakis in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Liudmila Samsonova leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Liudmila Samsonova won the 2023 Libéma Open first round 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(3).

## Overall
- Liudmila Samsonova: 1 wins
- Lena Papadakis: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Grass: Liudmila Samsonova 1 - 0 Lena Papadakis

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Liudmila Samsonova 1 - 0 Lena Papadakis

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 18 | Lena Papadakis | 2017 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2019 | Hard | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 20 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2019 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 20 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2019 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2020 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 21 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2020 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2021 | Hard | 12-12 | 24 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2021 | Clay | 2-4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2021 | Grass | 8-1 | 9 | 88.9% |
| 23 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2022 | Hard | 25-9 | 34 | 73.5% |
| 23 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2022 | Clay | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 23 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2022 | Grass | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 24 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2023 | Hard | 27-16 | 43 | 62.8% |
| 24 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2023 | Clay | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2023 | Grass | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Lena Papadakis | 2023 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2024 | Hard | 13-15 | 28 | 46.4% |
| 25 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2024 | Clay | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 25 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2024 | Grass | 8-3 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 26 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2025 | Hard | 15-15 | 30 | 50.0% |
| 26 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2025 | Clay | 8-5 | 13 | 61.5% |
| 26 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2025 | Grass | 7-3 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2026 | Hard | 10-10 | 20 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2026 | Clay | 3-6 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2026 | Grass | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| Career | Liudmila Samsonova | - | Hard | 105-84 | 189 | 55.55555555555556% |
| Career | Liudmila Samsonova | - | Clay | 31-33 | 64 | 48.4375% |
| Career | Liudmila Samsonova | - | Grass | 31-19 | 50 | 62.0% |
| Career | Lena Papadakis | - | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Career | Lena Papadakis | - | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |

## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 289/303 of Liudmila Samsonova's and 3/3 of Lena Papadakis's main draw matches.

Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 18 | Lena Papadakis | 2017 | 1/1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 52.5% | 50.0% | 41.4% | 44.4% | 66.7% | 45.9% | 34.0% |
| 20 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2019 | 13/13 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 54.8% | 62.6% | 44.6% | 56.2% | 35.5% | 54.4% | 39.6% |
| 21 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2020 | 8/8 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 54.8% | 69.3% | 39.2% | 39.6% | 35.8% | 55.6% | 38.5% |
| 22 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2021 | 39/39 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 56.2% | 71.3% | 46.9% | 56.1% | 41.3% | 60.7% | 40.8% |
| 23 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2022 | 45/45 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 57.0% | 72.3% | 55.0% | 62.8% | 48.0% | 64.6% | 43.0% |
| 24 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2023 | 57/59 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 55.0% | 72.1% | 47.7% | 51.4% | 46.3% | 61.1% | 43.2% |
| 24 | Lena Papadakis | 2023 | 2/2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 69.4% | 58.0% | 39.1% | 41.7% | 7.1% | 52.2% | 27.2% |
| 25 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2024 | 49/50 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 50.4% | 70.5% | 48.8% | 58.1% | 46.0% | 59.6% | 42.8% |
| 26 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2025 | 44/53 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 58.3% | 69.4% | 47.8% | 55.0% | 46.6% | 60.1% | 42.1% |
| 27 | Liudmila Samsonova | 2026 | 34/36 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 57.2% | 67.5% | 46.4% | 54.0% | 52.6% | 58.4% | 42.8% |
| Career | Liudmila Samsonova | - | 289/303 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 55.4% | 70.3% | 48.4% | 55.7% | 45.9% | 60.4% | 42.3% |
| Career | Lena Papadakis | - | 3/3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 63.7% | 55.4% | 39.9% | 42.6% | 27.0% | 50.1% | 29.5% |

## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Liudmila Samsonova | 1970 | 150.0 | 3.16 | 0.14 | 1.068 | 51.2% | -6 | -131 | 56 | 55.2% | 0.33 | 46-54 (46%) | 40-43 (48%) | -0.26 |
| Lena Papadakis | 1524 | 94.7 | -0.91 | -1.58 | 0.591 | 39.7% | - | - | - | 14.3% | -2.71 | 0-1 | 1-1 | -4.33 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2023-06-15* | Libéma Open | R32 | Grass | Liudmila Samsonova | 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(3) |

## Career rivalries
### Liudmila Samsonova

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Veronika Kudermetova | 2-6 | 8 | 2025-02-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/liudmila-samsonova-vs-veronika-kudermetova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:18&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:71) |
| Elena Rybakina | 4-3 | 7 | 2026-08-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/elena-rybakina-vs-liudmila-samsonova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:5&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:18) |
| Madison Keys | 2-5 | 7 | 2026-07-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/madison-keys-vs-liudmila-samsonova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:9&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:18) |
| Qinwen Zheng | 4-3 | 7 | 2025-06-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/liudmila-samsonova-vs-qinwen-zheng?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:18&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:65) |
| Jessica Pegula | 2-4 | 6 | 2026-01-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/jessica-pegula-vs-liudmila-samsonova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:6&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:18) |

### Lena Papadakis

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Leylah Fernandez | 0-1 | 1 | 2023-06-28 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/leylah-fernandez-vs-lena-papadakis?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:62&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:612555) |
| Liudmila Samsonova | 0-1 | 1 | 2023-06-15 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/liudmila-samsonova-vs-lena-papadakis?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:18&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:612555) |
| Annika Beck | 0-1 | 1 | 2017-05-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/annika-beck-vs-lena-papadakis?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:123819&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:612555) |

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