Daria Kasatkina def. Liudmila Samsonova — Round of 32, Internationaux de Strasbourg 2026

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Internationaux de Strasbourg 2026

WTA 500ClayStrasbourg, France

Played18 May 2026

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

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 66 going into this drawWon

Daria Kasatkina 7 6

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 21 going into this draw

Liudmila Samsonova seeded 6 5 3

🇦🇺D. KasatkinaDaria KasatkinavL. SamsonovaLiudmila Samsonova🇷🇺

🇦🇺Daria Kasatkina

🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

1

3

Double faults

4

72%

1st serve in

67%

64%

1st serve points won

47%

38%

2nd serve points won

48%

57%

Service points won

47%

9/12

Break points saved

2/7

Return

53%

Return points won

43%

5/7

Break points won

3/12

87

Total points won

70

Head to head

2–1 Samsonova

  1. This matchStrasbourg R32won by Kasatkina
  2. 2025GrassLondon R32won by Samsonova
  3. 2025HardIndian Wells R32won by Samsonova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

3–7

Last 10 matches

3–7

0–2

Last 30 days

2–2

By surface

0–3

Clay

3–4

4–6

Hard

4–8

By round

2–3

R32

3–3

0–2

R16

2–2

3–6

First match at an event

5–7

1–3

At WTA 500s

5–5

How their matches go

12

Completed matches

18

25%

Won in straight sets

39%

8%

Won after losing a set

0%

50%

Lost after winning a set

33%

17%

Lost in straight sets

28%

2–3

Tiebreaks

0–3

1–6

Deciding sets

0–6

3/5

Won after winning set 1

7/10

1/7

Won after losing set 1

0/8

Serve and return, last 5 matches

68%

1st serve in

63%

54%

1st serve points won

68%

37%

2nd serve points won

46%

54%

Break points saved

54%

46%

Return points won

46%

40%

Break points won

58%

2.6

Aces a match

1.6

6.2

Double faults a match

2.0

Last 14 days

1

Matches

2

2

Sets

4

12

Days since last match

8

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentDaria KasatkinaLiudmila Samsonova
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 38
🇦🇹PotapovaNo. 38LostBrisbane R64LostRome R32
🇺🇸LiNo. 29
🇺🇸LiNo. 29LostRouen R32WonRome R64
🇩🇪SiegemundNo. 46
🇩🇪SiegemundNo. 46WonDubai R64LostMelbourne R128
Total
Total1–21–2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestDaria KasatkinaLiudmila Samsonova
1Lost🇺🇸C. McNallyCaty McNallyNo. 76No. 76 · 6 MayRome R128 · 6 MayLost🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 56No. 56 · 10 MayRome R32 · 10 May
2Lost🇺🇦D. SnigurDaria SnigurNo. 101No. 101 · 22 AprMadrid R128 · 22 AprWon🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 34No. 34 · 8 MayRome R64 · 8 May
3Lost🇺🇸A. LiAnn LiNo. 36No. 36 · 13 AprRouen R32 · 13 AprLost🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 14No. 14 · 26 AprMadrid R32 · 26 Apr
4Lost🇷🇺M. AndreevaMirra AndreevaNo. 7No. 7 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇮🇩J. TjenJanice TjenNo. 40No. 40 · 24 AprMadrid R64 · 24 Apr
5Won🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 51No. 51 · 16 FebDubai R64 · 16 FebLost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 16 AprStuttgart R16 · 16 Apr
6Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 11 FebDoha R16 · 11 FebWon🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 57No. 57 · 13 AprStuttgart R32 · 13 Apr
7Won🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 FebLost🇦🇹L. TaggerLilli TaggerNo. 108No. 108 · 9 AprLinz R16 · 9 Apr
8Won🇯🇵M. UchijimaMoyuka UchijimaNo. 87No. 87 · 8 FebDoha R64 · 8 FebLost🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 43No. 43 · 20 MarMiami R64 · 20 Mar
9Lost🇨🇭S. WaltertSimona WaltertNo. 87No. 87 · 2 FebAbu Dhabi R32 · 2 FebLost🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 103No. 103 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 Mar
10Lost🇨🇿N. BartunkovaNikola BartunkovaNo. 126No. 126 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 JanLost🇨🇦L. FernandezLeylah FernandezNo. 27No. 27 · 15 FebDubai R64 · 15 Feb