Anastasia Potapova vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Anastasia Potapova
#25 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#173 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
17wAnastasia 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 | 58% | 15/26 | 80% | 16/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 4/15 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 23% | 7/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 9/22 | 71% | 15/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 12/19 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 17/19 | 90% | 18/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 79% | 15/19 | 80% | 16/20 |
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 3,166 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
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 | 3–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | - |
| ROI % | -40.4% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.83u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 411 mi · 662 km | — |
| Route | CAN → POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diana Shnaider | L 16 26 | L 62 36 16 |
| Maya Joint | W 61 62 | L 57 67 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 61 46 36 | W 46 63 62 |
| Donna Vekic | W 64 62 | L 46 36 |
| Emma Raducanu | W 76 62 | W 36 64 61 |
| Victoria Mboko | W 76 75 | L 62 26 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Diana Shnaider
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 31
Venus Williams
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Suzan Lamens
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 10
Anna Kalinskaya
French Open - Paris · 4th Round
Jun 1
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · 2nd Round
Apr 30
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · 1st Round
Apr 29
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · 1st Round
Apr 22
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan 1 · 1st Round
Apr 1
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 20
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu 1 · 2nd Round
Mar 19
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu 1 · 1st Round
Mar 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 34–41 matches
| Metric | Potapova | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 62% |
| Sets won | 58% | 62% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
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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