Lin Zhu vs Varvara GrachevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇳Lin Zhu
#198 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
3 meetings · sets 6–0
🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva
#172 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
30wLin Zhu and Varvara Gracheva have met 3 times since 2022; Lin Zhu leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at Abierto Tampico - Tampico in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Zhu leads 3–0. Zhu has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Zhu has taken 6 sets to Gracheva's 0. Their most recent meeting: Lin Zhu won at Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zhu | Gracheva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Lin Zhu | Varvara Gracheva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 82% | 18/22 | 40% | 4/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 6/16 | 22% | 2/9 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 10/38 | 42% | 8/19 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 16/24 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 64% | 9/14 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 3/6 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 20/25 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 18/25 | 44% | 4/9 |
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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zhu 3, Gracheva 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhu
👑 The Complete Package
Gracheva
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Jul 27, 2025
Omnium Banque Nationale - Montreal
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 11, 2024
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 26, 2022
Abierto Tampico - Tampico
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 | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.08 | - |
| ROI % | -60.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | 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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Zhu and Gracheva posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Lilli Tagger | L 63 16 16 | L 26 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Magda Linette
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 17
Lilli Tagger
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Jessica Pegula
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 2nd Round
Feb 17
Rebecca Sramkova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 16
Magdalena Frech
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 3rd Round Qualifying
Feb 14
Priscilla Hon
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 13
Maria Sakkari
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 3rd Round
Feb 11
Linda Noskova
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 2nd Round
Feb 10
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 19–41 matches
| Metric | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 53% |
| Sets won | 58% | 48% |
| Games won | 54% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 2 | 0 |
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhu | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
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