Lin Zhu and Yafan Wang will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Thailand Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:30 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lin Zhu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.64
Yafan Wang -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Yafan Wang
This will be the 8th time that Lin Zhu and Yafan Wang square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Wang (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zhu won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the W100 Suzhou back in 2019.
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. 45, Lin got to the semifinal after defeating Taylah Preston 6-4 7-5, Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-2 and Arina Rodionova 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Rodionova (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zhu scored 56 points vs Rodionova’s 42. Lin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhu fired 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 55% of her first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Lin broke Rodionova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Zhu has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (272-202). 6-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhu has a composed 236-147 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Zhu has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Yafan Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-11 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-23 | 20-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-14 | 35-8 | 7-1 | 4-1 | 13-3 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 21-8 | 3-4 | 18-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-17 | 0-6 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, Wang reached the semifinal after defeating Alina Korneeva 6-2 6-4, Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-4 and Katie Volynets 1-6 6-3 7-64.
In the quarter against Volynets, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-64).During the match Wang scored less points (6) than Volynets. In fact, the world no. 45 won 92 points vs Volynets’s. That means that Wang was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Wang fired 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Yafan Wang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 58% of her first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Yafan broke Volynets 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Wang has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 65 |
| Pts | 185-145 | 224-203 |
| Total Points | 330 | 427 |
| Winners | 66 | 90 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Zhu and Wang played 3 matches. At the moment, Yafan Wang dropped 1 set while Lin Zhu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhu has played 1 set(s) less than Wang (6 vs 7). Therefore, Zhu played 9 games less than Wang. Zhu scored 66 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yafan recorded 90 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 92/172 | 125/211 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 66/92 | 90/125 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 41/80 | 42/86 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
Zhu blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Wang recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Zhu won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhu | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/26 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 58% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 17 |
| Saved | 9 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Lin broke her opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Lin dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Yafan broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yafan conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | |||||
| R1 Preston |
R2 Fruhvirtova |
1/4 Rodionova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 60-38 | 56-42 | 185-145 | |
| Total points | 134 | 98 | 98 | 330 | |
| Winners | 24 | 20 | 22 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/68 | 28/51 | 29/53 | 92/172 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 20/28 | 22/29 | 66/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 16/23 | 12/24 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 70% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 80% | 63% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 33% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Wang | |||||
| R1 Korneeva |
R2 Anna Schmiedlova |
1/4 Volynets |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 29 | 65 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 65-52 | 92-98 | 224-203 | |
| Total points | 120 | 117 | 190 | 427 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 35 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 35/54 | 54/93 | 125/211 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 65% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 28/35 | 35/54 | 90/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 80% | 65% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 8/19 | 20/39 | 42/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 42% | 51% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/5 | 2/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 33% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
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