Anhelina Kalinina and Lin Zhu will face off in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on PORSCHE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anhelina Kalinina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anhelina Kalinina is the pick to win this match.
Anhelina Kalinina -> 1.615
Lin Zhu -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 2nd time that Anhelina Kalinina and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kalinina won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in the Pelham.

Anhelina Kalinina

Anhelina Kalinina

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Rank
154
High
25
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-13 5-7 2-4 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 22-24 8-14 10-7 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 29-25 18-16 5-4 3-1 3-4 0-0
2022 34-22 8-10 8-5 13-3 5-4 0-0
2021 47-15 5-6 31-4 9-3 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 28, Kalinina will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-4 7-6(2) to Stephens in the 1st round on the 7th of August.

The Ukrainian has a compiled 18-18 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Anhelina’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Rome.

Talking about her overall career, Kalinina has an overall 340-184 record. She has a positive 82-68 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.

Cincinnati
Kalinina's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

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Rank
166
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. 36, Zhu will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-3 6-7(8) 6-2 to Pliskova in the 1st round on the 7th of August.

The Chinese has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2023, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 383-259 record. She has a positive 320-193 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Lin has never competed in this tournament before.

Cincinnati
Zhu's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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