Clara Tauson and Lin Zhu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Melbourne Summer Set 2 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. 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 Clara Tauson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.35
Lin Zhu -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Lin Zhu

There is no head to head record between Clara Tauson and Lin Zhu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Clara Tauson

Clara Tauson

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Rank
50
High
33
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-27 19-16 14-5 4-2 0-3 0-1
2023 38-21 6-7 13-5 12-8 2-1 5-0
2022 26-18 10-12 0-1 16-4 0-1 0-0
2021 42-15 13-4 4-5 21-4 0-2 4-0
2020 30-7 8-3 12-2 10-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 44 (career-high), Tauson reached the 2nd round after beating Anhelina Kalinina 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (7-5 6-3). During the match, Tauson scored 69 points vs Kalinina’s 54. Tauson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tauson fired 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Clara Tauson was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. The Dane broke Kalinina 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Tauson has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 77% of her matches (133-39). 1-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Tauson has a compiled48-10 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Tauson has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Melbourne

Tauson has never competed in this tournament before.

Melbourne
Tauson's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

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Rank
123
High
31
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 5-6 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 114, Lin reached the 2nd round after beating Gabriella Da Silva Fick 6-0 6-0, Aliona Bolsova 6-2 6-2 and Samantha Stosur 7-65 7-65.

In the 1st round, Lin had a good straight sets win against Stosur (7-65 7-65). During the match Zhu scored 89 points vs Stosur’s 83. Zhu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhu fired 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lin Zhu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 78% of her first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Lin was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Stosur 3 times.

Zhu has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Melbourne

Zhu has never competed in this tournament before.

Melbourne
Zhu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Tauson
L.Zhu
1h:36
1h:36
Time on court​
!
3h:58
3h:58
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
2h:00
2h:00
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
54
54
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
69
69
Total points​
208
208
69
69
Avg point​
69.3
69.3
20
20
Winners
97
97
20
20
Avg Winners​
32.3
32.3
29%
29%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
20/28
20/28
1st won total​
97/132
97/132
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
16/31
16/31
2nd won total​
21/36
21/36
52%
52%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
13/19
13/19
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
4.3/6.3
4.3/6.3
!
55%
55%
Won
!
68%
68%
4
4
Conceded
15
15
4
4
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
3
3
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tauson Zhu
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 21 54
Pts 69-54 208-140
Total Points 123 348
Winners 20 97
%Winners 29% 47%

Tauson played 1 match while Zhu competed in 3 matches. Zhu started her run from the qualifications while Tauson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Tauson has played 4 set(s) less than Zhu (2 vs 6). Therefore, Tauson played 33 games less than Zhu. The Dane scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 97 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tauson Zhu
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 1.7
1st in 28/59 132/168
%1st in 47% 79%
1st pts 20/28 97/132
%1st pts 71% 73%
2nd pts 16/31 21/36
%2nd pts 52% 58%

Tauson struck 2 aces . Zhu struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Tauson won 71% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tauson Zhu
Won 6 13
Converted 6/11 13/19
% Converted 55% 68%
Conceded 4 15
Saved 1 12
% Saved 25% 80%
Times Broken 3 3

Clara broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Tauson lost her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. Zhu broke her opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Tauson
R1
Kalinina		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 69-54 69-54
Total points 123 123
Winners 20 20
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 28/59 28/59
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 20/28 20/28
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 16/31 16/31
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 3
Zhu
Q1
Da Silva Fick		 Q3
Bolsova		 R1
Stosur		 Total
Score 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 7-65 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 12 16 26 54
pts 54-17 65-40 89-83 208-140
Total points 71 105 172 348
Winners 27 27 43 97
%Winners 50% 42% 48% 47%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 4 5
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 36/42 30/41 66/85 132/168
% 1st in 86% 73% 78% 79%
1st pts 27/36 27/30 43/66 97/132
% 1st pts 75% 90% 65% 73%
2nd pts 3/6 7/11 11/19 21/36
% 2nd pts 50% 64% 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 4 3 13
Converted 6/8 4/8 3/3 13/19
Converted % 75% 50% 100% 68%
Conceded 5 1 9 15
Saved 5/5 1/1 6/9 12
Saved % 100% 100% 67% 267%
Times Broken 0 0 3 3

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

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