Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu will square off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 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 Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.76
Lin Zhu -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Potapova won 6-4 7-6(8) in the 2nd round in Prague back in 2022.

Anastasia Potapova

Anastasia Potapova

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Rank
51
High
21
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-16 10-11 6-3 7-1 1-1 0-0
2024 28-22 17-13 6-5 2-1 3-3 0-0
2023 30-21 11-14 7-4 7-1 5-2 0-0
2022 35-24 14-14 18-7 3-2 0-1 0-0
2021 21-23 11-11 3-5 5-5 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 34, Anastasia will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-1 5-7 6-4 to Pliskova in the 2nd round on the 13th of February.

The Russian has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Anastasia has an overall 195-137 record. She has a positive 86-75 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.

Dubai
Potapova's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

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Rank
166
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, Lin will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Rybakina in the 2nd round on the 13th of February.

The Chinese has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hua Hin.

In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 400-272 record. She has a positive 336-204 record on hard.

Dubai
Zhu's Record

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