Lin Zhu and Selena Janicijevic will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lin Zhu who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.23
Selena Janicijevic -> 3.98

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Prediction and head to head Lin Zhu vs. Selena Janicijevic

There is no head to head record between Lin Zhu and Selena Janicijevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
307
High
31
LLWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-8 9-5 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. 135, Lin will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match at the London where she lost 7-6(4) 7-6(6) to Sun in the 3rd round on the 5th of July.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 407-286 record. She has a positive 340-209 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Zhu's Record

Selena Janicijevic

Selena Janicijevic

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
224
High
153
LLWLWWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-22 5-6 4-14 0-1 1-1 0-0
2024 30-29 1-2 28-24 0-2 1-1 0-0
2023 30-24 3-4 27-17 0-2 0-1 0-0
2022 50-20 0-1 50-18 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 34-20 12-4 19-13 3-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 188, Janicijevic will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Romero in the qualifications on the 29th of December.

Selena has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Janicijevic has an overall 163-111 record. She has a positive 17-13 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Janicijevic's Record

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