Jessica Pegula vs Liudmila Samsonova — Montreal Final

Montreal · WTA · Final
Jessica Pegula
USA4
Jessica Pegula
#4WTA
2097ELO
2058Hard ELO
$2.8MYTD
$25MCAREER
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 August 2023
hard
Liudmila Samsonova
RUS15
Liudmila Samsonova
#41WTA
1775ELO
1723Hard ELO
$722kYTD
$8.7MCAREER
27 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLLLL
Pegula J.
6-1 6-0
Samsonova L.
Pegula J.
662
Samsonova L.
100

Jessica Pegula defeated Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-0 in the Montreal final on hard. The result followed the form book — Jessica Pegula came in ranked #4, leading the head-to-head 3–2. Jessica Pegula extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-01-04BrisbaneQFhardJessica Pegula6-3 7-6(3)
2025-06-16BerlinR16grassLiudmila Samsonova6-7(8) 7-5 7-6(5)
2025-02-17DubaiR32hardJessica Pegula6-0 6-4
2022-05-09RomeR64clayJessica Pegula4-6 6-3 6-4
2021-06-28WimbledonR64grassLiudmila Samsonova6-4 3-6 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Pegula J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Samsonova L.

Samsonova L.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Pegula J.

Serve advantage — Pegula J.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Pegula J.Samsonova L.
68
Serve
38
73
Return
5

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Pegula J.Samsonova L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
47%
Service points won·Even
61%
60%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
58%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.0
4.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.3
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 174). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pegula J.Samsonova L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
96
69
Break points saved·Even
96
93
Break points won·Slight edge
99
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
96
55

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Pegula J.
8.0
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Samsonova L.
6.0
Even matchUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
9.0+335 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
1.0Hard Elo 1723
8.6Overall Elo 2097
ELO gap
1.4Overall Elo 1775
5.0
H2H
5.0
7.8
Surface form
6.1
0.0
Win streak
7.03-match win streak
Fatigue & Travel
6.7
Minutes 14d
6.8
4.0
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Pegula J.Samsonova L.
Freshness·Slight edge
76
86

Pegula J.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 54 games (7d) · Samsonova L.: 8 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 68%

Draw

Final
Pegula J.[4]
Samsonova L.[15]
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Swiatek I.[1]
6-26-746-4
Samsonova L.[15]
Rybakina E.[3]
1-66-16-2
Quarter-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Gauff C.[6]
6-25-77-5
Rybakina E.[3]
Kasatkina D.[10]
5-77-57-68
Samsonova L.[15]
Bencic B.[12]
6-46-4
Swiatek I.[1]
Collins D.
6-34-66-2
R16
Swiatek I.[1]
Muchova K.[14]
6-14-66-4
Gauff C.[6]
Vondrousova M.[9]
6-36-0
Rybakina E.[3]
Stephens S.
6-36-3
Bencic B.[12]
Kvitova P.[7]
6-736-36-1
Kasatkina D.[10]
Bouzkova M.
6-36-4
Samsonova L.[15]
Sabalenka A.[2]
7-624-66-3
Collins D.
Fernandez L.
6-26-3
Pegula J.[4]
Paolini J.
6-46-0
R32
Muchova K.[14]
Cirstea S.
7-56-4
Pegula J.[4]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-4
Paolini J.
Keys M.[13]
W/O
Stephens S.
Azarenka V.[16]
W/O
Gauff C.[6]
Boulter K.
6-26-2
Rybakina E.[3]
Brady J.
6-737-656-3
Bencic B.[12]
Parks A.
6-35-76-4
Sabalenka A.[2]
Martic P.
6-37-65
Samsonova L.[15]
Zheng Q.
6-36-2
Vondrousova M.[9]
Wozniacki C.
6-27-5
Kvitova P.[7]
Giorgi C.
6-25-76-0
Fernandez L.
Haddad Maia B.[11]
7-55-76-3
Collins D.
Sakkari M.[8]
6-46-2
Kasatkina D.[10]
Blinkova A.
6-27-5
Swiatek I.[1]
Pliskova K.
7-666-2
Bouzkova M.
Garcia C.[5]
6-44-66-2
R64
Paolini J.
Vekic D.
7-636-2
Zheng Q.
Kostyuk M.
6-21-66-3
Samsonova L.[15]
Siniakova K.
4-66-26-3
Muchova K.[14]
Potapova A.
7-646-2
Pliskova K.
Zhu L.
6-36-786-2
Haddad Maia B.[11]
Frech M.
6-46-2
Fernandez L.
Stearns P.
6-36-2
Collins D.
Svitolina E.
6-26-2
Putintseva Y.
Pera B.
6-36-4
Keys M.[13]
Williams V.
6-27-5
Vondrousova M.[9]
Sherif M.
6-46-2
Boulter K.
Marino R.
6-36-1
Bouzkova M.
Day K.
7-616-3
Kasatkina D.[10]
Mertens E.
6-46-2
Azarenka V.[16]
Linette M.
6-36-0
Stephens S.
Kalinina A.
6-47-62
Brady J.
Ostapenko J.
7-670-67-68
Giorgi C.
Andreescu B.
6-36-2
Bencic B.[12]
Bronzetti L.
6-26-3
Wozniacki C.
Birrell K.
6-26-2
Parks A.
Davis L.
7-54-66-2
Martic P.
Bucsa C.
6-06-4
Cirstea S.
Gracheva V.
6-47-63
Blinkova A.
Zhang S.
4-66-26-3