🇧🇾Aryna Sabalenka
#1 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–0
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#162 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Aryna Sabalenka and Lin Zhu have met 3 times since 2017; Aryna Sabalenka leads 3–0. Their most recent meeting: Aryna Sabalenka won at Brisbane (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sabalenka
💥 Big Hitter
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 56% vs 💥 Big Hitter across 4,219 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Lin Zhu.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the big hitter's power groundstrokes.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sabalenka | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Aryna Sabalenka | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 83% | 5/6 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 3/6 | 20% | 1/5 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 2/6 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/5 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–5 | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.51 | 1.41 |
| ROI % | -22.7% | -30.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.08u | -1.52u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Sabalenka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (83% vs Zhu's 33%).
| Opponent | Sabalenka | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | W | W 16 62 64 |
| Diana Shnaider | L | L 62 36 16 |
| Elsa Jacquemot | W | L 36 16 |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro | W 64 62 | L 57 61 26 |
| Anastasia Potapova | W 76 76 | L 46 64 26 |
| Emma Raducanu | W 76 46 76 | W 36 64 61 |
Last five matches per player
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · Round of 16
Apr 27
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · Round of 16
Apr 20
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan · Round of 32
Mar 30
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu · Round of 16
Mar 16
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–61 matches
| Metric | Sabalenka | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 87% | 59% |
| Sets won | 82% | 60% |
| Games won | 60% | 56% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sabalenka | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sabalenka | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
