Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu will square off in the 1^st round of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.73
Lin Zhu -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 3^rd time that Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Potapova won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Dubai back in 2024.

Anastasia Potapova

Ranked no. 45, the Russian will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in Cleveland where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Jovic in the 1^st round on the 17^th of August.

The Russian has an overall 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Napoca where she overcame Lucia Bronzetti in the final 4-6 6-1 6-2.

Talking about her overall career, Anastasia has an overall 238-169 record. She has a positive 106-94 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See her history.

Lin Zhu

Ranked no. 303, the Chinese will start her run at the New York after she played her last match in Cleveland where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Jacquemot in the 1^st round on the 18^th of August.

Lin has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 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, Lin has an overall 421-297 record. She has a positive 352-217 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See her history.

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• Elena RybakinaRybakina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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