🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#162 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇺🇸Mccartney Kessler
#48 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
Lin Zhu and Mccartney Kessler have met 1 time since 2025; Mccartney Kessler leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Mccartney Kessler won at Nottingham (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Kessler
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 800 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 frontrunner's fast starts.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhu | Kessler | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Lin Zhu | Mccartney Kessler | ||
| 1 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 71% | 5/7 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 1/5 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhu | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 7–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.41 | 2.30 |
| ROI % | -30.4% | -6.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.52u | -0.90u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kessler has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Zhu's 33%).
| Opponent | Zhu | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Diana Shnaider | L 62 36 16 | L |
| Hanyu Guo | L 36 64 16 | W 46 76 75 |
| Lucia Bronzetti | L 76 26 67 | W 63 57 64 |
| Mirra Andreeva | W 46 63 62 | L 16 76 16 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | W 16 62 64 | L 36 36 |
| Maya Joint | L 57 67 | W 46 64 63 |
Last five matches per player
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · Round of 16
Apr 27
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · Round of 16
Apr 20
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan · Round of 32
Mar 30
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu · Round of 16
Mar 16
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Katie Volynets
Nottingham ·
Jun 16
Kristyna Pliskova
Queen's Club ·
Jun 8
Diana Shnaider
French Open ·
May 28
Diana Shnaider
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 25
Hanyu Guo
French Open ·
May 25
Hanyu Guo
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Hanyu Guo
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 25
Jaqueline Cristian
Strasbourg · Round of 32
May 17
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–39 matches
| Metric | Zhu | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 51% |
| Sets won | 60% | 51% |
| Games won | 56% | 50% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhu | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhu | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
