Lin Zhu and Sofia Kenin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.69
Lin Zhu -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Sofia Kenin
There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 85, Zhu will start her run in Hobart after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Gauff in the quarter on the 6th of January.
Lin has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Zhu has an overall 367-245 record. She has a positive 308-184 record on hard.
Previously in Hobart
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-6 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, the American will start her run in Hobart after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Gauff in the 2nd round on the 5th of January.
Kenin has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Sofia has an overall 231-145 record. She has a positive 140-84 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
LWL
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- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (5-7 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Talia GibsonGibson (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Xinyu WangWang – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Robin StanekStanek – Tim Van Der HorstVan Der Horst (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Axel MichonMichon – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ondrej KrstevKrstev (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Niklas GuttauGuttau – Evan SongSong (6-1 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Frederik PressPress (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Anders GrinderslevGrinderslev (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Boy WesterhofWesterhof – Sidane PontjodikromoPontjodikromo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
