Liudmila Samsonova def. Sofia Kenin — Round of 32, Wuhan Open 2025

🇨🇳
Wuhan Open 2025

WTA 1000HardWuhan, China

Played8 Oct 2025

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

🇷🇺ranked WTA number 21 going into this drawWon

Liudmila Samsonova seeded 16 3 6 6

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 26 going into this draw

Sofia Kenin 6 3 1

🇷🇺L. SamsonovaLiudmila SamsonovavS. KeninSofia Kenin🇺🇸

🇷🇺Liudmila Samsonova

🇺🇸Sofia Kenin

Match stats

Serve

12

Aces

6

2

Double faults

9

48%

1st serve in

64%

82%

1st serve points won

65%

53%

2nd serve points won

32%

67%

Service points won

53%

3/5

Break points saved

7/12

Return

47%

Return points won

33%

5/12

Break points won

2/5

86

Total points won

69

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchWuhan R32won by Samsonova
  2. 2020ClayParis R128won by Kenin

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

4–6

Last 10 matches

4–6

1–1

Last 30 days

3–2

By surface

4–5

Hard

4–6

8–5

Clay

4–4

7–3

Grass

1–3

By round

5–3

R32

2–7

4–1

R16

0–2

2–5

At WTA 1000s

4–5

How their matches go

32

Completed matches

22

47%

Won in straight sets

32%

13%

Won after losing a set

9%

22%

Lost after winning a set

27%

19%

Lost in straight sets

32%

5–4

Tiebreaks

5–2

4–7

Deciding sets

2–6

16/19

Won after winning set 1

7/12

3/13

Won after losing set 1

2/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

51%

1st serve in

60%

73%

1st serve points won

64%

45%

2nd serve points won

38%

65%

Break points saved

50%

35%

Return points won

43%

36%

Break points won

41%

4.8

Aces a match

1.8

4.6

Double faults a match

6.4

Last 14 days

2

Matches

3

4

Sets

7

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentLiudmila SamsonovaSofia Kenin
🇦🇺JointNo. 36
🇦🇺JointNo. 36WonLondon R128LostSeoul R16
🇺🇸TownsendNo. 114
🇺🇸TownsendNo. 114LostCincinnati R64LostWashington R16WonLondon R128
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 51
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 51LostRome R64WonWashington R32
🇪🇸Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48
🇪🇸Bouzas ManeiroNo. 48WonLondon R16LostLondon R64
🇺🇸Collins
🇺🇸CollinsWonStrasbourg SFLostStrasbourg R32
Total
Total3–22–4

Last 10 matches going in

LatestLiudmila SamsonovaSofia Kenin
1Won🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 50No. 50 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 OctWon🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 87No. 87 · 7 OctWuhan R64 · 7 Oct
2Lost🇫🇷L. BoissonLois BoissonR64 · 27 SepBeijing R64 · 27 SepLost🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 Sep
3Lost🇦🇺P. HonPriscilla HonR64 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇺🇿P. KudermetovaPolina KudermetovaNo. 65No. 65 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
4Won🇨🇳Y. YuanYue YuanNo. 88No. 88 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugLost🇦🇺M. JointMaya JointNo. 45No. 45 · 17 SepSeoul R16 · 17 Sep
5Lost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 136No. 136 · 21 AugCleveland QF · 21 AugWon🇩🇪L. SiegemundLaura SiegemundNo. 44No. 44 · 15 SepSeoul R32 · 15 Sep
6Won🇨🇳Y. WangYafan WangR16 · 20 AugCleveland R16 · 20 AugLost🇺🇸A. KruegerAshlyn KruegerNo. 39No. 39 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 Aug
7Won🇺🇸C. DolehideCaroline DolehideNo. 76No. 76 · 18 AugCleveland R32 · 18 AugLost🇫🇷V. GrachevaVarvara GrachevaNo. 106No. 106 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug
8Lost🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 75No. 75 · 9 AugCincinnati R64 · 9 AugLost🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 88No. 88 · 29 JulCanada R64 · 29 Jul
9Lost🇯🇵N. OsakaNaomi OsakaNo. 51No. 51 · 30 JulCanada R64 · 30 JulLost🇺🇸T. TownsendTaylor TownsendNo. 96No. 96 · 24 JulWashington R16 · 24 Jul
10Lost🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 8No. 8 · 9 JulLondon QF · 9 JulWon🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 48No. 48 · 22 JulWashington R32 · 22 Jul