Sorana Cirstea and Lin Zhu will face off in the 1st round of the Rothesay Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.43
Lin Zhu -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Lin Zhu
There is no head to head record between Sorana Cirstea and Lin Zhu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sorana Cirstea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 9-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-22 | 21-14 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-21 | 10-10 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 11-10 | 11-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 14-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Cirstea will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) to Blinkova in the 1st round on the 28th of May.
Cirstea has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Sorana’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Dubai.
Talking about her overall career, The Romanian has an overall 541-425 record. She has a negative 37-40 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See her history.
Lin Zhu
12 - 17win/loss
100
31
LWWLWLLLLL | 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. 53, Lin will start her run in Birmingham after she played her last match in Nottingham where she lost 7-6(4) 3-6 7-5 to Stefanini in the 1st round on the 10th of June.
Lin has an overall 12-17 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Lin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hua Hin.
In terms of her career, Zhu has an overall 404-284 record. She has a negative 15-27 record on grass.
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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