Jessica Pegula and Lin Zhu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. 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 Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.22
Lin Zhu -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Lin Zhu
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the American will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-2 3-6 6-3 to Blinkova in the 2nd round on the 9th of March.
Pegula has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Jessica’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide and San Diego.
Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 400-234 record. She has a positive 228-121 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022 and 2023. See her history.
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. 63, Zhu reached the 2nd round after beating Marie Bouzkova 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zhu had a good straight sets win against Bouzkova (6-2 6-4). During the match Zhu scored 62 points vs Bouzkova’s 44. Zhu was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Zhu scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Lin Zhu was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Zhu broke Bouzkova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Zhu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Hua Hin.
Lin has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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