Lucia Bronzetti and Lin Zhu will play each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 10. 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 Lin Zhu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lin Zhu is the pick to win this match.
Lin Zhu -> 1.86
Lucia Bronzetti -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Lucia Bronzetti vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 2nd time that Lucia Bronzetti and Lin Zhu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zhu won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Hobart back in 2024.

Lucia Bronzetti

Lucia Bronzetti

15 - 20win/loss

Hard
6-8
I Hard
4-2
Clay
4-7
Grass
1-3
Rank
103
High
46
LWLLLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-30 11-17 4-7 5-3 1-3 0-0
2024 31-34 17-22 9-8 3-1 2-3 0-0
2023 32-30 15-17 10-9 4-2 3-2 0-0
2022 36-26 18-10 13-10 3-3 2-3 0-0
2021 53-23 14-4 38-14 1-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 66, Lucia will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Tauson in the 2nd round on the 30th of July.

The Italian has a composed 15-20 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Bronzetti’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Napoca.

Talking about her overall career, The Italian has an overall 309-238 record. She has a positive 102-75 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Cincinnati
Bronzetti's Record

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu

14 - 9win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
1-1
Grass
1-2
Rank
163
High
31
LLWWLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-17 19-14 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. 493, Zhu will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-5 1-6 6-2 to Bouzas in the 4th round on the 2nd of August.

Zhu has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Lin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W35 Goyang.

In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 421-295 record. She has a positive 352-215 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

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

Cincinnati
Zhu's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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