Samsonova – Pegula: forecast for the WTA Dubai match

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Liudmila Samsonova

Russian Federation

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

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18 February 07:00 UTC

Jessica Pegula

USA

Lyudmila Samsonova will play Jessica Pegula in one of the matches of the second round of the Dubai tournament on February 18. The American leads in personal meetings with a score of 3-1, and in three matches the tennis players played the maximum number of sets. What is the scenario for events on the court today? We recommend that you review our forecast and choose reliable bets

Liudmila Samsonova vs Jessica Pegula Prediction and Betting Tips (18.02.2025)

Command Analysis

Liudmila Samsonova

Russian Federation

Current form

Samsonova has not demonstrated stable performance and results in the tour since the beginning of the year. The Russian tennis player held her best tournament in Adelaide in January, where she made it to the semifinals. In the future, she did not overcome more than one round anywhere in the tournament grid. In Dubai, Lyudmila's opponent was compatriot Pavlyuchenkova, whom she managed to deal with without any problems (6-2, 6-2).

Professional qualities

Lyudmila relies on powerful flat punches with both hands and a strong first serve in her game. When she is in shape, such power tennis brings her success, but in general, throughout her career, the Russian does not stand out for special stability.

Current indicators in the tour

Since the beginning of the year, Samsonova has played 11 matches in the tour, in which she won six and suffered five defeats. Lyudmila currently occupies the 25th place in the ranking, although she was once the 12th racket of the world.

Interesting facts for betting

In the last three matches, Samsonova did not exchange the sets she won with her rivals.
In two of Lyudmila's four previous matches, tiebreakers were played.

Jessica Pegula

USA

Current form

Pegula made it to the finals at the very first tournament this year in Adelaide. However, at the Australian Open, the American suffered a sensational defeat from Danilovich in the third round. She played in Doha last week and reached the quarterfinals, where she lost to Alexandrova (6-4, 1-6, 1-6).

Professional qualities

Unlike many representatives of the top 10, Pegula does not have impressive anthropometric data, but strives to play bold aggressive tennis, control the course of the draws, go ahead, shoot straight at the first opportunity. In general, this style of play brings her success, especially on the hard court, which is her core cover.

Current indicators in the tour

In 2025, Pegula played 10 matches in the tour, in which she managed to score seven victories. At the moment, Jessica is the fifth racket of the world, and her best achievement is third place.

Interesting facts for betting

In only two of the ten matches since the beginning of the year, Pegula have played three sets.
In three of the last five matches of Pegula, more than nine games were played in the opening game.

Trends

The Totalbetis more than 2.5 sets

The bet was played in three of the four face-to-face meetings

2.50

The Tiebreakbetin the match is yes

In two of Samsonova's last four matches, tiebreakers were played.

3.40

Tip and bets

1.89Samsonova with a head start (+3)

Samsonova has repeatedly imposed a tight fight on Pegula, has one personal encounter to her credit, and the maximum number of games was played in three of the four face-to-face matches. Jessica will play her first match on the local courts today, it's far from certain that she will be able to adapt right away and show her best game right away. We expect that the Russian tennis player will put up a decent resistance and keep at least a positive head start in games.

Our forecast is that Samsonova will win with a handicap of (+3) games with a coefficient of 1.89

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1.85The total is more than 21

Bet on the total

Both tennis players play aggressive attacking tennis and hold their serve well. In three of the four face-to-face confrontations, they exchanged the sets they won, which we do not exclude today.

The second bet is a total of more than 21 games in 1.85

Bet on the first set

Note that in two of the last three face-to-face meetings, more than nine games were played in the first set. We expect that a tight fight will unfold at the start of the game.

The forecast is that the total number of games in the first set is more than 9.5 with a coefficient of 2.06

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