Varvara Gracheva and Lin Zhu will face off in the 1st round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on Grandstand 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lin Zhu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.37
Varvara Gracheva -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Lin Zhu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zhu won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Tampico back in 2022.
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, the French player will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-4 6-0 to Anna in the 1st round on the 30th of January.
Gracheva has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The French player has an overall 239-167 record. She has a positive 67-64 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.
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. 57, the Chinese will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Hua Hin where she lost 6-3 2-6 6-1 to Shnaider in the final on the 4th of February.
Lin has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Zhu’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hua Hin.
In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 399-271 record. She has a positive 335-203 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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