🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#162 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇯🇵Naho Sato
#9999 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
Lin Zhu and Naho Sato have met 1 time since 2025; Lin Zhu leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Lin Zhu won at W50 Guiyang (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Sato
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 58% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,300 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 the gladiator's physical intensity.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhu | Sato | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Lin Zhu | Naho Sato | ||
| 1 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 18% | 2/11 |
| 3 or more | 20% | 1/5 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/11 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhu | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–2 | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.41 | 1.97 |
| ROI % | -30.4% | -15.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.52u | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Zhu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Sato's 40%).
| Opponent | Zhu | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Micic | W 64 64 | W 64 61 |
| Mei Yamaguchi | W 63 60 | L 26 57 |
| Fangran Tian | L 67 00 | L 06 57 |
| Sara Saito | W 63 60 | L 26 64 36 |
| Jiayi Wang | W 61 61 | W 16 61 64 |
Last five matches per player
Valentina Ryser
W100 Gifu · Round of 16
Apr 27
Eri Shimizu
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Carol Zhao
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Tokyo · Round of 16
Apr 20
Xiyu Wang
W100 Luan · Round of 32
Mar 30
Aoi Ito
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Ye Xin Ma
W75 Kofu · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Kofu · Round of 16
Mar 16
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–37 matches
| Metric | Zhu | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 44% |
| Sets won | 60% | 48% |
| Games won | 56% | 49% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhu | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W50 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhu | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
