Lin Zhu and Karolina Muchova will square off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.21
Lin Zhu -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Karolina Muchova

There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

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Rank
163
High
31
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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. 40, Lin will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Tsurenko in the 1st round on the 8th of March.

Lin has a compiled 13-6 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Hua Hin where she defeated Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.

Talking about her overall career, Zhu has an overall 378-250 record. She has a positive 319-189 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2015 and 2022. See her history.

Miami
Zhu's Record

Karolina Muchova

Karolina Muchova

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Rank
19
High
8
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-17 23-13 0-1 2-1 1-2 0-0
2024 21-7 15-4 4-2 0-0 2-1 0-0
2023 38-13 28-9 10-3 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 3-3 5-5 0-2 0-0
2021 19-9 10-4 5-3 0-0 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 55, Muchova reached the 2nd round after beating Heather Watson 6-1 6-1, Kristina Kucova 6-1 6-3 and Jil Teichmann 6-0 6-2.

In the 1st round, Karolina had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (6-0 6-2). During the match Muchova scored 52 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 23. Karolina was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

About the serving games, Muchova recorded 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Karolina Muchova was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (16/20) of her 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karolina broke Belen Teichmann 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Karolina has a compiled 14-4 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2022. See her history.

Miami
Muchova's Record

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