Lin Zhu and Viktoria Kuzmova will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 13. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.73
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Viktoria Kuzmova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kuzmova won 5-7 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Hobart back in 2020.
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. 99, Zhu got to the qualifications after beating Storm Sanders 6-4 6-4 and Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Vikhlyantseva (6-1 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 64 points vs Vikhlyantseva’s 45. Lin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 80% of her first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Vikhlyantseva 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lin started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Zhu has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (301-197). 5-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zhu has an aggregate 25-22 match record in the last years on clay.
The Chinese has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Viktoria Kuzmova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-30 | 22-16 | 7-4 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 11-3 |
| 2024 | 41-32 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 19-10 | 0-4 | 11-1 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 11-7 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 41-24 | 22-11 | 7-6 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-21 | 13-10 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 191, Viktoria got to the qualifications after defeating Jamie Loeb 7-65 6-4 and Linda Fruhvirtova 7-5 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Viktoria defeated Fruhvirtova (7-5 3-6 7-5). During the match Kuzmova scored 115 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 111. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmova fired 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Viktoria Kuzmova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Viktoria broke Fruhvirtova 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kuzmova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
The Slovakian has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 56 |
| Pts | 139-114 | 204-190 |
| Total Points | 253 | 394 |
| Winners | 66 | 79 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Both Zhu and Kuzmova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Viktoria Kuzmova conceded 1 set while Lin Zhu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhu has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Zhu played 21 games less than Kuzmova. Zhu scored 66 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmova fired 79 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 108/135 | 110/194 |
| %1st in | 80% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 66/108 | 79/110 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 37/84 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 44% |
Zhu recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kuzmova also fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zhu won 61% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmova won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 55% | 39% |
| Conceded | 16 | 22 |
| Saved | 12 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Viktoria broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | ||||
| Q1 Sanders |
Q2 Vikhlyantseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 35 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 64-45 | 139-114 | |
| Total points | 144 | 109 | 253 | |
| Winners | 35 | 31 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 59/74 | 49/61 | 108/135 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 35/59 | 31/49 | 66/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 63% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 5/12 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 42% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/11 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 83% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kuzmova | ||||
| Q1 Loeb |
Q2 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 33 | 56 | |
| pts | 89-79 | 115-111 | 204-190 | |
| Total points | 168 | 226 | 394 | |
| Winners | 35 | 44 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/86 | 64/108 | 110/194 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 44/64 | 79/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 19/44 | 37/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 43% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 6/14 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 43% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 10/15 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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