Katie Boulter vs Lin ZhuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇬🇧Katie Boulter
#60 · 29 yrs · Right-Handed
2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#173 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
17wKatie Boulter and Lin Zhu have met 2 times since 2020; Lin Zhu leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Abierto Mexicano TELCEL - Acapulco in 2020 on hard. Zhu has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Boulter has taken 0 sets to Zhu's 4. Their most recent meeting: Lin Zhu won at Rothesay Classic - Birmingham (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Boulter | Zhu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Katie Boulter | Lin Zhu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 12/20 | 80% | 16/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 7/20 | 27% | 3/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 15/40 | 23% | 7/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 45% | 10/22 | 71% | 15/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 47% | 8/17 | 50% | 5/10 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 6/9 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 18/23 | 90% | 18/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 52% | 12/23 | 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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Boulter 0, Zhu 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Boulter
🤖 Servebot
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 54% vs 🤖 Servebot across 1,830 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 servebot's high ace rate.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jun 20, 2023
Rothesay Classic - Birmingham
G Grass · 1st Round
Feb 26, 2020
Abierto Mexicano TELCEL - Acapulco
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 | Boulter | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.26 | - |
| ROI % | +3.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.31u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Boulter | 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
Across 2 shared opponents, both Boulter and Zhu posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Boulter | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Donna Vekic | L 16 36 | L 46 36 |
| Moyuka Uchijima | W 62 61 | W 61 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Linda Noskova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Katie Volynets
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Kayla Cross
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Ashlyn Krueger
Mubadala DC Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Tyra Caterina Grant
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 30
Leylah Fernandez
Bad Homburg Open - Bad Homburg · 1st Round
Jun 21
Donna Vekic
The HSBC Championships - London · Semifinals
Jun 13
Elena Rybakina
The HSBC Championships - London · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
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 · 34–40 matches
| Metric | Boulter | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 62% |
| Sets won | 49% | 62% |
| Games won | 50% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Boulter | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Boulter | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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