Magda Linette and Lin Zhu will square off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magda Linette who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.54
Lin Zhu -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Magda Linette and Lin Zhu square off. 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 played, Zhu won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Taipei City back in 2017.
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 14-17 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 11-16 | 16-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Magda got to the 2nd round after defeating Jasmine Paolini 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Paolini, Magda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Linette scored 104 points vs Paolini’s 103. The Pole was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Linette struck 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 68% of her first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Magda broke Paolini 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Linette has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (287-238). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Linette has a composed 28-29 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Magda’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Australia and at the Australian Open .
Magda has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
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. 39, Zhu got to the 2nd round after beating Katie Boulter 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Boulter (7-5 7-5). During the match Zhu scored 76 points vs Boulter’s 68. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu made 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lin Zhu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 64% of her first serves in, winning 58% (28/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Boulter 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Hua Hin where she beat Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.
Zhu has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Linette | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 24 |
| Pts | 104-103 | 76-68 |
| Total Points | 207 | 144 |
| Winners | 49 | 28 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both Linette and Zhu played 1 match. At the moment, Magda Linette surrendered 1 set while Lin Zhu hasn’t lost a set so far. Linette has played 1 set more than Zhu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Linette played 7 games more than Zhu. Magda scored 49 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Linette | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 75/111 | 48/75 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 28/48 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 56% |
Linette fired 6 aces . Zhu bagged 5 aces . Linette won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Linette | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 60% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Pole broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Linette dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Linette | |||
| R1 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-103 | 104-103 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 75/111 | 75/111 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zhu | |||
| R1 Boulter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 76-68 | 76-68 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 48/75 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/48 | 28/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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