Diana Shnaider vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇷🇺Diana Shnaider
#16 · 22 yrs · Left-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–2
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#173 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
17wDiana 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 | 65% | 20/31 | 80% | 16/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 7/23 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 18/54 | 23% | 7/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 19/36 | 71% | 15/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 39% | 7/18 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 6/15 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 23/26 | 90% | 18/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 77% | 20/26 | 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 (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%, 821 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
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 | 10–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.34 | - |
| ROI % | +36.8% | - |
| Units P/L | +6.25u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 10 | — |
| Distance | 761 mi · 1,225 km | — |
| Route | AUT → 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
Shnaider has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Zhu's 25%).
| Opponent | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Talia Gibson | W 57 61 61 | L 36 46 |
| Xiyu Wang | W 75 63 | L 26 67 |
| Maya Joint | W 64 61 | L 57 67 |
| Mirra Andreeva | L 36 26 | W 46 63 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Iga Swiatek
National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals
Aug 11
Jessica Pegula
National Bank Open - Toronto · 4th Round
Aug 8
Anna Kalinskaya
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round
Aug 6
Rebecca Sramkova
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 4
Jessica Pegula
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · Semifinals
Aug 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 · 34–54 matches
| Metric | Shnaider | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 62% |
| Sets won | 55% | 62% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |
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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