Anastasia Potapova vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#26 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#198 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu have met 3 times since 2022; Anastasia Potapova leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Livesport Prague Open - Prague in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Potapova leads 3–0. Potapova has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Potapova has taken 6 sets to Zhu's 2. Their most recent meeting: Anastasia Potapova won at U.S. Open - New York (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Potapova | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anastasia Potapova | Lin Zhu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 57% | 17/30 | 82% | 18/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 6/18 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 40% | 19/48 | 26% | 10/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 11/29 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 64% | 9/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | 80% | 20/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 74% | 17/23 | 72% | 18/25 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Potapova 1, Zhu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Potapova
👑 The Complete Package
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Anastasia Potapova and Lin Zhu are 👑 The Complete Package types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 4,208 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 24, 2025
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 19, 2024
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 1st Round
Jul 28, 2022
Livesport Prague Open - Prague
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Potapova | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anastasia Potapova | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 80% | 8/10 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 3 or more | 30% | 3/10 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.55 | 2.08 |
| ROI % | +19.6% | -60.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.76u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 1 | 2 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | ROU | ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Potapova has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Zhu's 33%).
| Opponent | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Donna Vekic | W 64 62 | L 16 64 26 |
| Sinja Kraus | L | W 62 63 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 75 46 36 | W 46 63 62 |
| Leolia Jeanjean | W 64 26 63 | L 62 26 36 |
| Lilli Tagger | W 76 60 | L 63 16 16 |
| Diana Shnaider | L 16 26 | L 62 36 16 |
| Teodora Kostovic | W 64 75 | L 36 46 |
| Marina Stakusic | W 46 61 75 | L 57 46 |
| Emma Raducanu | W 76 62 | W 36 64 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sinja Kraus
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Mirra Andreeva
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 7
Amanda Anisimova
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Leolia Jeanjean
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Darja Semenistaja
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Sloane Stephens
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
Elina Svitolina
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 7
Elena Gabriela Ruse
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Donna Vekic
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Alycia Parks
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Angela Fita Boluda
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Lilli Tagger
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Leolia Jeanjean
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Teodora Kostovic
Wimbledon - London · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 25
Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 24
Mona Barthel
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 23
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–48 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 56% |
| Sets won | 57% | 58% |
| Games won | 52% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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