Mccartney Kessler and Lin Zhu will face off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.31
Lin Zhu -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 2nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Lin Zhu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kessler (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Kessler won 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Charleston back in 2024.

Mccartney Kessler

Mccartney Kessler

23 - 15win/loss

Hard
17-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
30
High
30
LWWWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-16 17-8 4-6 0-0 6-2 0-0
2024 39-22 28-13 2-6 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-24 21-12 11-7 12-5 0-0 0-0
2022 8-2 6-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-5 10-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 42 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-5 6-7(3) 7-5.

In the 1st round, Mccartney defeated Haddad Maia (7-5 6-73 7-5). During the match, Kessler scored 114 points vs Haddad Maia’s 98. Mccartney was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kessler made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mccartney Kessler was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (42/58) of her 1st serve and 57% (27/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Haddad Maia 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Kessler has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (154-84). 2-1 on grass in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kessler has a compiled6-4 record in the last 8 years on grass.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.

The American has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Nottingham

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Nottingham
Kessler's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

11 - 6win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-1
Grass
1-0
Rank
307
High
31
LWLWWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-7 9-5 0-0 1-1 1-1 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. 309, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Lin had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-4 6-1). During the match Zhu scored 66 points vs Sasnovich’s 49. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhu was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 63% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Zhu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W35 Goyang.

Lin has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nottingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.

Nottingham
Zhu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Kessler
L.Zhu
!
2h:51
2h:51
Time on court​
1h:21
1h:21
!
2h:51
2h:51
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
1
1
Match played
1
1
37
37
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
114
114
Total points​
66
66
114
114
Avg point​
66
66
42
42
Winners
27
27
42
42
Avg Winners​
27
27
37%
37%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
2
2
Avg Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
42/58
42/58
1st won total​
27/40
27/40
!
72%
72%
1st won %
68%
68%
27/47
27/47
2nd won total​
10/23
10/23
57%
57%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
5/8
5/8
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
50%
50%
Won
!
63%
63%
6
6
Conceded
9
9
6
6
Avg Conceded
9
9
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kessler Zhu
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 37 17
Pts 114-98 66-49
Total Points 212 115
Winners 42 27
%Winners 37% 41%

Both Kessler and Zhu played 1 match. At the moment, Mccartney Kessler conceded 1 set while Lin Zhu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kessler has played 1 set more than Zhu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kessler played 20 games more than Zhu. The American scored 42 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 27 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kessler Zhu
Aces 2 0
Avg per match 2 0
1st in 58/105 40/63
%1st in 55% 63%
1st pts 42/58 27/40
%1st pts 72% 68%
2nd pts 27/47 10/23
%2nd pts 57% 43%

Kessler made 2 aces . Zhu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kessler won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kessler Zhu
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/8
% Converted 50% 63%
Conceded 6 9
Saved 3 7
% Saved 50% 78%
Times Broken 3 2

The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kessler lost her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Zhu conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.

Kessler
R1
Haddad Maia
Total
Score 7-5 6-73 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 37 37
pts 114-98 114-98
Total points 212 212
Winners 42 42
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 58/105 58/105
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 42/58 42/58
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 27/47 27/47
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Zhu
R1
Sasnovich
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 66-49 66-49
Total points 115 115
Winners 27 27
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 40/63 40/63
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 27/40 27/40
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 10/23 10/23
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 7/9 7
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Nottingham

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