Diana Shnaider and Lin Zhu will play each other in the quarter of the Ningbo Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Diana Shnaider who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.4
Lin Zhu -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Lin Zhu

This will be the 3^rd time that Diana Shnaider and Lin Zhu fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shnaider won 6-3 2-6 6-1 in the final in Hua Hin back in 2024.

Highlights Diana Shnaider vs Lin Zhu – Hua Hin 04-February-2024

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 19, Shnaider got to the quarter after beating Xiyu Wang 7-5 6-3 and Karolina Muchova 2-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Muchova, Diana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Shnaider scored 81 points vs Muchova’s 64. Diana was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 71% of her first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Diana broke Muchova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Diana has conceded 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.

Shnaider has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (175-90). 14-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shnaider has a compiled70-46 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Monterrey where she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.

The Russian has a composed 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Lin Zhu

Ranked no. 219, Zhu got to the quarter after beating Emma Raducanu 3-6 6-4 6-1 and Mirra Andreeva 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Andreeva, Zhu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Zhu scored 106 points vs Andreeva’s 89. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Zhu recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lin Zhu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 70% of her first serves in, winning 64% (44/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Zhu broke Andreeva 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lin has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W35 Goyang and the W50 Guiyang.

Zhu has an overall 21-15 win-loss record in 2025, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Zhu has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Zhu
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	44	53
Pts	154-130	208-171
Total Points	284	379
Winners	61	74
%Winners	40%	36%

Both Shnaider and Zhu played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Diana Shnaider dropped 1 set, while Lin Zhu lost 2 sets. Shnaider has played 1 set(s) less than Zhu (5 vs 6). Therefore, Shnaider played 9 games less than Zhu. Shnaider scored 61 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 74 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Zhu
Aces	0	8
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	89/144	120/179
%1st in	62%	67%
1st pts	61/89	74/120
%1st pts	69%	62%
2nd pts	27/55	30/59
%2nd pts	49%	51%

Shnaider didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zhu bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Shnaider won 69% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Zhu
Won	10	14
Converted	10/20	14/37
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	13	17
Saved	7	7
% Saved	54%	41%
Times Broken	6	10

Shnaider broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shnaider conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Lin broke her opponents 14 times with a 38% conversion rate. Lin conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 41% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Wang	R2 Muchova	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	2-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	23	44
pts	73-66	81-64	154-130
Total points	139	145	284
Winners	27	34	61
%Winners	37%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	5	3	8
1st in	41/76	48/68	89/144
% 1st in	54%	71%	62%
1st pts	27/41	34/48	61/89
% 1st pts	66%	71%	69%
2nd pts	17/35	10/20	27/55
% 2nd pts	49%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/9	5/11	10/20
Converted %	56%	45%	50%
Conceded	9	4	13
Saved	6/9	1/4	7
Saved %	67%	25%	46%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Zhu
	R1 Raducanu	R2 Andreeva	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-1	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	26	27	53
pts	102-82	106-89	208-171
Total points	184	195	379
Winners	30	44	74
%Winners	29%	42%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	51/81	69/98	120/179
% 1st in	63%	70%	67%
1st pts	30/51	44/69	74/120
% 1st pts	59%	64%	62%
2nd pts	16/30	14/29	30/59
% 2nd pts	53%	48%	51%
Breaks
Won	8	6	14
Converted	8/22	6/15	14/37
Converted %	36%	40%	38%
Conceded	8	9	17
Saved	2/8	5/9	7
Saved %	25%	56%	41%
Times Broken	6	4	10

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

• Ulrikke Eikeri/Qianhui TangEikeri/Qianhui Tang – Lyudmyla Kichenok/Ellen PerezKichenok/Ellen Perez (3-6 6-3 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lukas LackoLacko – Viktor GalovicGalovic (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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