H2H, prediction of Lin Zhu vs Ajla Tomljanovic in Birmingham with odds, preview, pick | 19th June 2024

PREVIEW. Birmingham. Zhu and Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 19th of June

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

Lin Zhu and Ajla Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Ann Jones Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.727
Lin Zhu -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 3rd time that Lin Zhu and Ajla Tomljanovic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tomljanovic won 6-2 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Abu Dhabi back in 2021.

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu
Lin Zhu

13 - 17win/loss

Hard
12-10
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-5
Grass
1-2
Rank
120
High
31
LWWLWLLLLL
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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
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Ranked no. 54, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Sorana Cirstea 7-62 6-2.

In the 1st round, Lin had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (7-62 6-2). During the match, Zhu scored 77 points vs Cirstea’s 61. Zhu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhu bagged 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Lin Zhu was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (39/49) of her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhu broke Cirstea twice after converting 40% of her break points (2/5).

Zhu has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (279-216). 1-2 on grass in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhu has a compiled 14-26 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

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

Lin has an aggregate 13-17 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Zhu
Birmingham
Zhu's Record

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ajla Tomljanovic
Ajla Tomljanovic

8 - 8win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
5-1
Rank
109
High
32
LWLWWLWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-20 12-12 2-4 0-1 8-3 0-0
2023 7-3 2-2 5-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 38-27 19-14 7-6 5-4 7-3 0-0
2021 30-24 11-12 10-6 3-3 6-3 0-0
2020 5-12 4-8 0-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 190, Ajla reached the 2nd round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-2 6-1). During the match Tomljanovic scored 71 points vs Blinkova’s 47. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomljanovic made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Ajla broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Tomljanovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

The Australian has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 and 2021. See her history.

Tomljanovic
Birmingham
Tomljanovic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Zhu
A.Tomljanovic
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
1h:17
1h:17
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
77
77
Total points​
71
71
77
77
Avg point​
71
71
39
39
Winners
30
30
39
39
Avg Winners​
30
30
51%
51%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
39/49
39/49
1st won total​
30/47
30/47
!
80%
80%
1st won %
64%
64%
12/21
12/21
2nd won total​
17/31
17/31
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
5/7
5/7
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
5/7
5/7
40%
40%
Won
!
71%
71%
3
3
Conceded
12
12
3
3
Avg Conceded
12
12
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zhu Tomljanovic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 15
Pts 77-61 71-47
Total Points 138 118
Winners 39 30
%Winners 51% 42%

Both Zhu and Tomljanovic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhu and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhu played 6 games more than Tomljanovic. Zhu scored 39 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zhu Tomljanovic
Aces 4 2
Avg per match 4 2
1st in 49/70 47/78
%1st in 70% 60%
1st pts 39/49 30/47
%1st pts 80% 64%
2nd pts 12/21 17/31
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Zhu recorded 4 aces . Tomljanovic scored 2 aces . Zhu won 80% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zhu Tomljanovic
Won 2 5
Converted 2/5 5/7
% Converted 40% 71%
Conceded 3 12
Saved 3 11
% Saved 100% 92%
Times Broken 0 1

Zhu broke her opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Lin quite strong on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Ajla conceded her serve once and she saved 92% of the break points that she conceded.

Zhu
R1
Cirstea		 Total
Score 7-62 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 77-61 77-61
Total points 138 138
Winners 39 39
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 49/70 49/70
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 39/49 39/49
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 12/21 12/21
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Tomljanovic
R1
Blinkova		 Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 71-47 71-47
Total points 118 118
Winners 30 30
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 47/78 47/78
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 30/47 30/47
% 1st pts 64% 64%
2nd pts 17/31 17/31
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 11/12 11
Saved % 92% 92%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Lin Zhu
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 11ITF
  • 5Minor
Ajla Tomljanovic
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 6ITF
  • 0Minor

Lin
Zhu

0:3

Ajla
Tomljanovic

Rank

120

High

31

0Hard2

0Grass1

Rank

109

High

32

Win Loss
Zhu
LWWLWLLLLL
Tomljanovic
LWLWWLWWWW
2024 2023 2022
15 - 19
22 - 20
12-10
Hard
12-12
0-5
Clay
2-4
3-4
Grass
8-3

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