Diana Shnaider vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Diana Shnaider
#13 · 22 yrs · Left-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#198 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
Diana Shnaider and Lin Zhu have met 3 times since 2023; Diana Shnaider leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Jiangxi Open - Nanchang in 2023 on hard. On hard courts Shnaider leads 3–0. Shnaider has won the last 3 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Shnaider leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Shnaider has taken 6 sets to Zhu's 2. Their most recent meeting: Diana Shnaider won at Ningbo Open - Ningbo (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shnaider | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Diana Shnaider | Lin Zhu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 23/33 | 82% | 18/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 9/22 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 19/55 | 26% | 10/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 22/38 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 7/17 | 64% | 9/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 47% | 8/17 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 26/30 | 80% | 20/25 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 23/30 | 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 (Shnaider 1, Zhu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shnaider
🏹 Frontrunner
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 978 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Oct 17, 2025
Ningbo Open - Ningbo
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 4, 2024
Thailand Open - Hua Hin
H Hard · Final
Oct 16, 2023
Jiangxi Open - Nanchang
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Shnaider | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Diana Shnaider | Lin Zhu | ||
| 1 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 3/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 5 or more | 7% | 1/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/3 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–5 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.98 | 2.08 |
| ROI % | +9.0% | -60.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.35u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 1 | 1 |
| Matches | 2 | 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
Shnaider has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Zhu's 33%).
| Opponent | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Alycia Parks | L 61 46 67 | W 64 62 |
| Katerina Siniakova | W 61 26 75 | L 46 26 |
| Katie Volynets | W 75 75 | L 76 67 16 |
| Talia Gibson | W 57 61 61 | L 36 46 |
| Xiyu Wang | W 75 63 | L 26 67 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 26 | W 46 63 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ekaterina Alexandrova
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 4
Janice Tjen
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Taylor Townsend
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 4
Karolina Pliskova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Daria Snigur
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Elena Rybakina
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 4th Round
Aug 20
Maja Chwalinska
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 17
Tatjana Maria
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
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 · 41–55 matches
| Metric | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 60% | 56% |
| Sets won | 58% | 58% |
| Games won | 54% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
| WTA 250 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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