Daria Saville vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Daria Saville
Unranked · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
72w33 meetings · sets 6–1
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#198 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Daria Saville and Lin Zhu have met 3 times since 2016; Daria Saville leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Hong Kong in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Saville leads 3–0. Saville has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Saville has taken 6 sets to Zhu's 1. Their most recent meeting: Daria Saville won at San Diego Open - San Diego (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Saville | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Daria Saville | Lin Zhu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 82% | 18/22 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 38% | 6/16 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 26% | 10/38 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 67% | 16/24 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 64% | 9/14 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 50% | 3/6 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 80% | 20/25 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Saville 2, Zhu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Saville
🪃 Counterpuncher
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,583 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 counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Feb 26, 2024
San Diego Open - San Diego
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 11, 2024
Hobart International - Hobart
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Oct 12, 2016
Hong Kong
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Saville | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.08 |
| ROI % | - | -60.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Saville | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Madison Keys
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 26
Katie Boulter
Trophee Clarins - Paris · 2nd Round
May 14
Leyre Romero Gormaz
Trophee Clarins - Paris · 1st Round
May 12
Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales
Catalonia Open - Vic · 1st Round
Apr 28
Linda Fruhvirtova
Puerto Vallarta Open - Puerto Vallarta · 2nd Round
Mar 26
Olivia Gadecki
Puerto Vallarta Open - Puerto Vallarta · 1st Round
Mar 24
Emiliana Arango
Merida Open Akron - Merida · Semifinals
Mar 1
Anhelina Kalinina
Merida Open Akron - Merida · 2nd Round
Feb 26
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 · 41–41 matches
| Metric | Saville | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 56% |
| Sets won | - | 58% |
| Games won | - | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Saville | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Saville | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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