Lin Zhu is about to play against Lesya Tsurenko on Sunday the 5th of February in Hua Hin. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Lin Zhu is now ranked no.54 with points placed as the Chinese no.3 following Qinwen Zheng (world no.29) and Shuai Zhang who is world no.23.

On the opposite side of the net, Lesya Tsurenko is currently ranked no.136 with 473 points positioned as Ukrainian no.5.

Live Rankings

Zhu is 10 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.44 which is also her career high.

Depending on the other results, Lin Zhu may gain 3 places to be the new world no.41 if she wins the following match.

Zhu will have 3 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 1 point on the 13^th of February (St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg), 1 point on the 20^th of February (Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai) and 1 point on the 27^th of February (Abierto De Guadalajara – Guadalajara).

In her live rankings, out of 1120 points, Lin has gained 1065 points (95%) on Hard Court and 55 points (5%) on Clay.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Zhu is still ranked no.44 as the Chinese no.3.

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H2H Lin Zhu vs. Lesya Tsurenko

Zhu and Tsurenko played each other only once. The head to head is 0-1 for Tsurenko.

The last time that they played each other it was Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships) when Tsurenko won 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3

. The prediction is Tsurenko to win in 3 sets.

Tsurenko in Hua Hin, ranking, and results in 2023

Ranked no.136, Tsurenko owns a composed 10-1 record in 2023. Lesya is currently having a run in Hua Hin where she conquered 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..

Lesya Tsurenko will fight against the world no.54 Lin Zhu in the final on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Center Court. Their head to head is 1-0 for Tsurenko.

The Ukrainian won 4 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)

Zhu in Hua Hin, ranking, and results in 2023

Ranked world no.54 (career-high), Zhu achieved an overall 9-3 match record in 2023. The Chinese is playing in Hua Hin where she toppled 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.

Lin Zhu will compete against the world no.136 Lesya Tsurenko in the final on Sunday at 5:30 pm on Center Court. Their record is 1-0 for Tsurenko.