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Diana Shnaider vs Liudmila Samsonova — 6-4 4-6 6-2
| Liudmila Samsonova✓ | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Diana Shnaider | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Final · Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Round of 64
Result
Liudmila Samsonova took out the No. 15 seed in the day's biggest women's upset by ranking, beating Diana Shnaider 6-4 4-6 6-2 on Court 12. The stat line was one-way traffic dressed up as a three-setter: Samsonova hit 30 winners to Shnaider's 10 and won 80% of her first-serve points, converting five of seven break chances. Shnaider's fight in the second set — where her returning briefly clicked — couldn't survive Samsonova's flat hitting in the decider. Samsonova, whose first tour title came on the grass of Berlin in 2021, next faces No. 21 seed Marie Bouzková.
Stats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09
Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
By seeding, the biggest women's upset of Day 4; by the tennis, barely an upset at all. Liudmila Samsonova — whose first tour title came on the grass of Berlin in 2021, and whose flat, first-strike game has always travelled well on the surface — out-hit 15th seed Diana Shnaider 30 winners to 10 and won 6-4 4-6 6-2. Shnaider, sharp in a 7-5 6-1 opening win over Eva Lys, found her returning briefly in the second set and little thereafter. Samsonova, a straight-sets winner over Polina Kudermetova in round one, moves on to meet 21st seed Marie Bouzková in the last 32 — one seed removed, another immediately supplied.
Round of 128
Round of 64
What we know now
Court: Court 12
Match length: 2:16
Tale of the tape
Player vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Shnaider, seeded 15th, was the highest women's seed to lose on Day 4.
- Samsonova's flat, first-strike game has always translated to grass — her first tour title came on it, in Berlin in 2021.
- The winner drew No. 21 seed Marie Bouzková, also a Thursday winner, in round three.
Court & schedule: Court 12, Day 4. (ESPN scoreboard, as of 2026-07-02)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.