Barbora Krejcikova and Lin Zhu will square off in the semifinal of the Rothesay Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.179
Lin Zhu -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Lin Zhu
There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Lin Zhu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Barbora Krejcikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 11-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-16 | 7-7 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, Barbora reached the semifinal after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-3 6-3, Tereza Martincova 6-4 6-4 and Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-3 6-2). During the match, Krejcikova scored 59 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 34. Krejcikova was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krejcikova struck 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Barbora Krejcikova was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Barbora broke Fruhvirtova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.
Krejcikova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (288-172). 3-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krejcikova has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Dubai where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2.
Barbora has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Barbora has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Lin reached the semifinal after defeating Katie Boulter 7-5 7-5, Magda Linette 6-3 6-0 and Rebecca Marino 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter against Marino, Lin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Zhu scored 102 points vs Marino’s 88. Lin was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 68% of her first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Marino 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
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 has an aggregate 17-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 66 |
| Pts | 195-144 | 234-185 |
| Total Points | 339 | 419 |
| Winners | 69 | 91 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Krejcikova and Zhu played 3 matches. At the moment, Lin Zhu conceded 1 set while Barbora Krejcikova hasn’t lost a set so far. Krejcikova has played 1 set(s) less than Zhu (6 vs 7). Therefore, Krejcikova played 11 games less than Zhu. Barbora scored 69 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 91 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 89/163 | 129/194 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 69/89 | 91/129 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 44/74 | 34/65 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Krejcikova managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Zhu fired 6 aces (2 per match). Krejcikova won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krejcikova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 16/27 |
| % Converted | 61% | 59% |
| Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Krejcikova broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Krejcikova surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Lin broke her opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zhu conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | |||||
| R1 Bucsa |
R2 Martincova |
1/4 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 17 | 55 | |
| pts | 62-51 | 74-59 | 59-34 | 195-144 | |
| Total points | 113 | 133 | 93 | 339 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 21 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 34/63 | 25/43 | 89/163 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 54% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 25/34 | 21/25 | 69/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 18/29 | 15/18 | 44/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 62% | 83% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 60% | 60% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | – | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zhu | |||||
| R1 Boulter |
R2 Linette |
1/4 Marino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-3 6-0 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 15 | 27 | 66 | |
| pts | 76-68 | 56-29 | 102-88 | 234-185 | |
| Total points | 144 | 85 | 190 | 419 | |
| Winners | 28 | 21 | 42 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 25/37 | 56/82 | 129/194 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 68% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/48 | 21/25 | 42/56 | 91/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 84% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 8/12 | 11/26 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 67% | 42% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/5 | 5/12 | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 42% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 71% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
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