Lin Zhu and Diana Shnaider will clash against each other in the final of the Thailand Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 am on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.909
Lin Zhu -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Diana Shnaider
This will be the 2nd time that Lin Zhu and Diana Shnaider play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shnaider won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in Nanchang back in 2023.
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. 45, the Chinese got to the final after defeating Taylah Preston 6-4 7-5, Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-2, Arina Rodionova 6-3 6-3 and Yafan Wang 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Lin had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 63 points vs Wang’s 49. Lin was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhu managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 52% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Wang 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lin hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.
Zhu has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (273-202). 7-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has a compiled 237-147 record in the last years on hard.
Lin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Hua Hin.
The Chinese has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Diana Shnaider
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-20 | 25-12 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-22 | 14-13 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-17 | 11-4 | 46-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, the Russian reached the final after defeating Magda Linette 6-4 1-6 6-1, Paula Badosa Gibert 6-2 3-4 ret., Dalma Galfi 6-2 6-1 and Xinyu Wang 6-2 7-65.
In the semifinal, Diana had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-2 7-65). During the match Shnaider scored 77 points vs Wang’s 61. Shnaider was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Shnaider scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Diana Shnaider was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of her 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Diana broke Wang 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diana has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Shnaider’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Hua Hin.
Shnaider has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Diana has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhu | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 75 |
| Pts | 248-194 | 279-221 |
| Total Points | 442 | 500 |
| Winners | 85 | 102 |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% |
Both Zhu and Shnaider played 4 matches. At the moment, Diana Shnaider dropped 2 sets while Lin Zhu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhu has played 2 set(s) less than Shnaider (8 vs 10). Therefore, Zhu played 2 games less than Shnaider. Lin scored 85 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Shnaider scored 102 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhu | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 119/224 | 139/239 |
| %1st in | 53% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 85/119 | 102/139 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 55/105 | 56/100 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Zhu made 13 aces (3.3 per match). Shnaider fired 7 aces (1.8 per match). Zhu won 71% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Shnaider won 73% 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 | Zhu | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 14 |
| Converted | 20/34 | 14/38 |
| % Converted | 59% | 37% |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 65% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 20 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zhu conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhu | ||||||
| R1 Preston |
R2 Fruhvirtova |
1/4 Rodionova |
1/2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 73 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 60-38 | 56-42 | 63-49 | 248-194 | |
| Total points | 134 | 98 | 98 | 112 | 442 | |
| Winners | 24 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% | 39% | 30% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 35/68 | 28/51 | 29/53 | 27/52 | 119/224 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 20/28 | 22/29 | 19/27 | 85/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 76% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 16/23 | 12/24 | 14/25 | 55/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 70% | 50% | 56% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 20/34 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 80% | 63% | 63% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 4/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 33% | 80% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Shnaider | ||||||
| R1 Linette |
R2 Badosa |
1/4 Galfi |
1/2 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | 6-2 3-4 ret. | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 75 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 57-48 | 60-35 | 77-61 | 279-221 | |
| Total points | 162 | 105 | 95 | 138 | 500 | |
| Winners | 33 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 40% | 31% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 27/42 | 31/53 | 33/64 | 139/239 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 58% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 21/27 | 24/31 | 24/33 | 102/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 77% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 7/15 | 13/22 | 20/31 | 56/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 47% | 59% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/9 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 14/38 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 33% | 44% | 43% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/2 | 4/4 | 4/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 100% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
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