Jessica Pegula def. Liudmila Samsonova — Quarterfinal, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played9 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R64
  2. R32
  3. R16
  4. QF
  5. Semifinal
  6. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 6 going into this drawWon

Jessica Pegula seeded 4 6 7

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 17 going into this draw

Liudmila Samsonova seeded 10 3 63

🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulavL. SamsonovaLiudmila Samsonova🇷🇺

🇺🇸Jessica Pegula

🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

8

2

Double faults

7

68%

1st serve in

66%

83%

1st serve points won

58%

30%

2nd serve points won

45%

66%

Service points won

53%

2/4

Break points saved

13/17

Return

47%

Return points won

34%

4/17

Break points won

2/4

83

Total points won

69

Head to head

2–1 Pegula

  1. This matchBrisbane QFwon by Pegula
  2. 2025GrassBerlin R16won by Samsonova
  3. 2025HardDubai R32won by Pegula

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

7–3

Last 10 matches

6–4

2–0

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

17–6

Hard

8–7

2–2

Indoor hard

–

–

Grass

0–1

By round

3–0

QF

0–2

1–3

SF

–

2–1

At WTA 500s

3–1

How their matches go

27

Completed matches

16

33%

Won in straight sets

38%

37%

Won after losing a set

13%

26%

Lost after winning a set

13%

4%

Lost in straight sets

38%

3–5

Tiebreaks

1–2

10–7

Deciding sets

2–2

14/17

Won after winning set 1

6/8

5/10

Won after losing set 1

2/8

Serve and return, last 5 matches

64%

1st serve in

54%

66%

1st serve points won

63%

51%

2nd serve points won

47%

65%

Break points saved

55%

43%

Return points won

45%

48%

Break points won

50%

3.4

Aces a match

3.6

2.2

Double faults a match

3.6

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

6

Sets

4

1

Days since last match

1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestJessica PegulaLiudmila Samsonova
1Won🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 27No. 27 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 JanWon🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 114No. 114 · 8 JanBrisbane R16 · 8 Jan
2Won🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 33No. 33 · 7 JanBrisbane R32 · 7 JanWon🇦🇺E. JonesEmerson JonesNo. 151No. 151 · 7 JanBrisbane R32 · 7 Jan
3Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 6No. 6 · 7 NovRiyadh SF · 7 NovLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 33No. 33 · 16 OctNingbo R16 · 16 Oct
4Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 6 NovRiyadh RR · 6 NovWon🇨🇳H. GuoHanyu GuoNo. 189No. 189 · 14 OctNingbo R32 · 14 Oct
5Lost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 4 NovRiyadh RR · 4 NovLost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 Oct
6Won🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 2 NovRiyadh RR · 2 NovWon🇺🇸S. KeninSofia KeninNo. 26No. 26 · 8 OctWuhan R32 · 8 Oct
7Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 12 OctWuhan F · 12 OctWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 50No. 50 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
8Won🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 11 OctWuhan SF · 11 OctLost🇫🇷L. BoissonLois BoissonR64 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 Sep
9Won🇨🇿K. SiniakovaKaterina SiniakovaNo. 62No. 62 · 10 OctWuhan QF · 10 OctLost🇦🇺P. HonPriscilla HonR64 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 Aug
10Won🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 9 OctWuhan R16 · 9 OctWon🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 88No. 88 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug