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.
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.
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Daniel BrandsBrands (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick MadenMaden – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas RosolRosol – Attila BalazsBalazs (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Dominik SprochSproch (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oscar OtteOtte – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandr NedovyesovNedovyesov – Marc SieberSieber (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Adam PavlasekPavlasek (6-3 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Pavel NejedlyNejedly (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 6-72 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Jan SatralSatral (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrik RiklRikl – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (5-7 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor – Marek PodlesakPodlesak (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Blaz RolaRola (7-68 6-74 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-66 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Sloane StephensStephens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Petra MarticMartic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Magda LinetteLinette (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Lin ZhuZhu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Tatjana MariaMaria (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Sofia KeninKenin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-3) – H2H and prediction