Lin Zhu and Arina Rodionova will face off in the quarter of the Thailand Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lin Zhu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.28
Arina Rodionova -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Arina Rodionova
This will be the 5th time that Lin Zhu and Arina Rodionova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zhu won 2-6 6-0 6-1 in the final in the W60 Liuzhou back in 2019.
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-19 | 12-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-24 | 23-17 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 34-15 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-14 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Chinese reached the quarter after beating Taylah Preston 6-4 7-5 and Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-2 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 60 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 38. Zhu was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu blasted 2 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Lin Zhu was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Fruhvirtova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Zhu has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (271-202). 5-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has a composed 235-147 match record in the last years on hard.
The Chinese has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Arina Rodionova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-27 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-32 | 18-21 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 78-27 | 40-16 | 4-4 | 22-3 | 8-3 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 18-12 | 12-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 4-13 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101 (career-high), the Australian reached the quarter after beating Yue Yuan 7-66 4-6 6-3 and Zhuoxuan Bai 3-6 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Bai, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-0). During the match Rodionova scored 82 points vs Bai’s 61. Arina was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Rodionova scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Arina Rodionova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rodionova put 71% of her first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Arina broke Bai 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Rodionova has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Rodionova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 54 |
| Pts | 129-103 | 180-160 |
| Total Points | 232 | 340 |
| Winners | 44 | 77 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Zhu and Rodionova played 2 matches. At the moment, Arina Rodionova lost 2 sets while Lin Zhu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhu has played 2 set(s) less than Rodionova (4 vs 6). Therefore, Zhu played 16 games less than Rodionova. The Chinese scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 77 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Rodionova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 63/119 | 112/180 |
| %1st in | 53% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 77/112 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 29/56 | 29/68 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 43% |
Zhu bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Rodionova fired 4 aces (2 per match). Zhu won 70% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Rodionova won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Rodionova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 56% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 15 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Zhu broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Lin dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Arina broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Arina conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | ||||
| R1 Preston |
R2 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 60-38 | 129-103 | |
| Total points | 134 | 98 | 232 | |
| Winners | 24 | 20 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/68 | 28/51 | 63/119 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 20/28 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 16/23 | 29/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 70% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 80% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rodionova | ||||
| R1 Yuan |
R2 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 4-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 | 54 | |
| pts | 98-99 | 82-61 | 180-160 | |
| Total points | 197 | 143 | 340 | |
| Winners | 39 | 38 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/98 | 58/82 | 112/180 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 38/58 | 77/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/44 | 11/24 | 29/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 46% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/7 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 86% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 75% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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