Lin Zhu and Katie Boulter will square off in the 1st round of the Rothesay Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.5
Lin Zhu -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Katie Boulter
This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Katie Boulter clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zhu won 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Acapulco back in 2020.
Lin Zhu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, Lin will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in Nottingham where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Frech in the 2nd round on the 14th of June.
Zhu has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on grass (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.
Talking about her overall career, Lin has an overall 379-254 record. She has a negative 12-23 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Zhu has never competed in this tournament before.
Katie Boulter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 16-9 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 12-9 | 5-1 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 77 (career-high), will start her run in Birmingham after she won the title in Nottingham after beating 6-3 6-3 Anna in the final.
Katie has an overall 27-10 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W60 Canberra where she overcame Jodie Anna Burrage in the final 3-6 6-3 6-2 and in Nottingham where she beat Jodie Anna Burrage in the final 6-3 6-3.
Boulter won her last 5 matches.
In terms of her career, Boulter has an overall 275-165 record. She has a positive 41-27 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernarda PeraPera – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yan SabaninSabanin – Roman KhassanovKhassanov (6-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Yuriy KryvoyKryvoy (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco VilardoVilardo – Daniil ZarichanskyyZarichanskyy (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denys MolchanovMolchanov – Sagadat AyapAyap (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Edoardo LambertiLamberti (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vitalii ShcherbaShcherba – Oleg KhotkovKhotkov (6-3 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Baptiste CrepatteCrepatte – Vladyslav GorodynskyiGorodynskyi (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vladyslav OrlovOrlov – Vladyslav ManafovManafov (6-2 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nikita MashtakovMashtakov (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dmytro KamyninKamynin – Illya BeloborodkoBeloborodko (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stanislav PoplavskyyPoplavskyy – Olexiy KolisnykKolisnyk (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anhelina KalininaAnhelina – Alycia ParksAlycia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Lin ZhuZhu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emina BektasBektas – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Alycia ParksParks (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
