Lin Zhu and Caty McNally will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on Estadio Akron. 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.
Lin Zhu -> 1.67
Caty McNally -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Caty McNally
This will be the 3rd time that Lin Zhu and Caty McNally face off. The head to head is 2-0 for McNally (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, McNally won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Washington back in 2019.
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. 42, Zhu will start her run in Merida after she won the title in Hua Hin after beating 6-4 6-4 Tsurenko in the final.
Zhu has an overall 10-3 win-loss record in 2023, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hua Hin where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Chinese won her last 5 matches.
Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 375-247 record. She has a positive 316-186 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Lin has never competed in this tournament before.
Caty McNally
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-21 | 21-12 | 19-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-5 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-13 | 5-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 7-9 | 1-6 | 17-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-20 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, McNally will start her run in Merida after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-1 7-6(4) to Kozlova in the 2nd round on the 18th of January.
Caty has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 128-93 record. She has a positive 58-51 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Corrado SummariaSummaria – Erik CrepaldiCrepaldi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Andrea BorroniBorroni (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Shalva DzhanashiaDzhanashia (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (6-0 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco VilardoVilardo – Davide Della TommasinaDella Tommasina (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacopo StefaniniStefanini – Luca GiacominiGiacomini (6-2 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giorgio RiccaRicca – Tommaso RoggeroRoggero (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Magda LinetteLinette – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez – Alycia ParksParks (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction