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

Varvara Gracheva

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Rank
80
High
39
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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.

Doha
Gracheva's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

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Rank
163
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. 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.

Doha
Zhu's Record

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