Lin Zhu and Tatjana Maria will fight against each other in the quarter of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. 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.
Lin Zhu -> 1.85
Tatjana Maria -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Tatjana Maria
There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Tatjana Maria since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 70, Lin reached the quarter after defeating Su Jeong Jang 6-3 6-4 and Ankita Raina 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lin had a good straight sets win against Raina (6-1 6-3). During the match, Zhu scored 61 points vs Raina’s 44. Lin was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 60% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Raina 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Zhu has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (316-206). 30-11 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has a compiled 259-150 match record in the last years on hard.
Zhu has an overall 36-21 win-loss record in 2022, 30-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Tatjana Maria
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-32 | 16-18 | 2-9 | 1-1 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-36 | 16-19 | 5-10 | 9-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 24-17 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 17-12 | 14-6 | 6-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, Tatjana got to the quarter after defeating Eugenie Bouchard 7-65 7-65 and Kimberly Birrell 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-0 6-3). During the match Maria scored 61 points vs Birrell’s 42. Tatjana was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Maria struck 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tatjana Maria lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Maria put 52% of her first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Tatjana was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Birrell 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maria hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Bogota where she overcame Laura Pigossi in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
The German has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2022, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Maria has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 41 |
| Pts | 124-95 | 150-126 |
| Total Points | 219 | 276 |
| Winners | 49 | 48 |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% |
Both Zhu and Maria played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhu and Maria have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zhu played 6 games less than Maria. Zhu scored 49 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The German blasted 48 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 69/114 | 70/142 |
| %1st in | 61% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 48/70 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/45 | 42/72 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 58% |
Zhu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Maria struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zhu won 71% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Maria won 69% of the points behind 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 | Zhu | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 56% | 53% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zhu conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Tatjana broke her opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | ||||
| R1 Jeong Jang | R2 Raina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 61-44 | 124-95 | |
| Total points | 114 | 105 | 219 | |
| Winners | 28 | 21 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 30/50 | 69/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 21/30 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 7/20 | 18/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 35% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/11 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Maria | ||||
| R1 Bouchard | R2 Birrell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-65 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 61-42 | 150-126 | |
| Total points | 173 | 103 | 276 | |
| Winners | 27 | 21 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/81 | 32/61 | 70/142 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 52% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 21/32 | 48/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/43 | 14/29 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 48% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 6/6 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Victor EstrellaEstrella – Andrej MartinMartin (7-66 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Maxime HamouHamou (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Guilherme ClezarClezar (4-6 7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo MenaMena – Gonzalo LamaLama (3-6 6-2 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Lin ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lulu SunSun – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction