Lin Zhu and Lesya Tsurenko will clash against each other in the final of the Thailand Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.63
Lesya Tsurenko -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Lesya Tsurenko
This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Lesya Tsurenko fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsurenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tsurenko won 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in 2019.
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Zhu reached the final after defeating Xiyu Wang 4-6 6-3 6-0, Su Jeong Jang 6-4 7-66, Tamara Zidansek 6-2 6-2 and Xinyu Wang 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-2 6-4). During the match, Zhu scored 76 points vs Wang’s 54. Zhu was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhu bagged 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Wang 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhu has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Zhu has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (308-198). 9-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has a compiled 256-146 match record in the last years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Hua Hin.
Zhu has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Lesya Tsurenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-16 | 31-10 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-14 | 8-7 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-17 | 10-10 | 2-2 | 15-5 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-6 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, Tsurenko reached the final after beating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-3 4-6 6-4, Anna Kalinskaya 6-0 6-73 6-4, Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-1 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 7-5 4-0 ret..
In the semifinal against Andreescu, Tsurenko had a free pass after Andreescu retired on a 7-5 4-0 . scoreline.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Canberra and Hua Hin.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 10-1 win-loss record in 2023, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Tsurenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 88 |
| Pts | 317-248 | 325-264 |
| Total Points | 565 | 589 |
| Winners | 109 | 109 |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% |
Both Zhu and Tsurenko played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Lin Zhu surrendered 1 set, while Lesya Tsurenko conceded 2 sets. Zhu has played 2 set(s) less than Tsurenko (9 vs 11). Therefore, Zhu played 6 games less than Tsurenko. Zhu scored 109 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Tsurenko struck 109 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Tsurenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 162/265 | 183/280 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 109/162 | 109/183 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 50/103 | 43/97 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 44% |
Zhu struck 8 aces (2 per match). Tsurenko bagged 1 ace (0.3 per match). Zhu won 67% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Tsurenko won 60% of the points behind 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 | Tsurenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 30 |
| Converted | 23/52 | 30/50 |
| % Converted | 44% | 60% |
| Conceded | 21 | 35 |
| Saved | 9 | 19 |
| % Saved | 43% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 16 |
Lin broke her opponents 23 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zhu surrendered her serve 12 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Tsurenko broke her opponents 30 times with a 60% conversion rate. Lesya conceded her serve 16 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | ||||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Jeong Jang |
1/4 Zidansek |
1/2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 82 | |
| pts | 96-75 | 85-80 | 60-39 | 76-54 | 317-248 | |
| Total points | 171 | 165 | 99 | 130 | 565 | |
| Winners | 36 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 28% | 37% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 37/71 | 32/51 | 40/62 | 162/265 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 52% | 63% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 24/37 | 22/32 | 27/40 | 109/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 65% | 69% | 68% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 13/34 | 11/19 | 10/22 | 50/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 38% | 58% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/22 | 6/15 | 5/6 | 6/9 | 23/52 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 40% | 83% | 67% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 80% | 40% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tsurenko | ||||||
| R1 Bonaventure |
R2 Kalinskaya |
1/4 Maria |
1/2 Andreescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-0 6-73 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 7-5 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 88 | |
| pts | 100-92 | 99-89 | 62-36 | 64-47 | 325-264 | |
| Total points | 192 | 188 | 98 | 111 | 589 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 34% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 67/97 | 29/35 | 34/51 | 183/280 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 69% | 83% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/53 | 34/67 | 21/29 | 23/34 | 109/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 51% | 72% | 68% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 12/30 | 4/6 | 5/17 | 43/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 40% | 67% | 29% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 11/15 | 6/10 | 6/9 | 30/50 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 73% | 60% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 7/14 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 25% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |
Head 2 Head
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