Lin Zhu vs Samantha Stosur — Melbourne 2 Round of 32

Melbourne 2 · WTA · Round of 32
Lin Zhu
CHN
Lin Zhu
#142WTA
1674ELO
1647Hard ELO
32 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 January 2022
hard
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Zhu L.
7-6 7-6
Stosur S.
Zhu L.
77772
Stosur S.
65650

Lin Zhu defeated Samantha Stosur 7-6 7-6 in the Melbourne 2 round of 32 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zhu L.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Stosur S.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Zhu L.

Serve advantage — Zhu L.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Zhu L.Stosur S.
14
Serve
—
60
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Zhu L.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
37%
Service points won·Even
57%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
40%
Break points saved·Clear edge
55%
41%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.7
4.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (179 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zhu L.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
37
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
64
85
Break points won·Dominant
91
61
Deciding sets·Dominant
15
45
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
65
47

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Zhu L.
4.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 189 days (−1.5)
Stosur S.
3.2
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 140 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
4.9
Surface form
1.6
Win streak
0.0Lost last 7
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
Surface transition
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Zhu L.Stosur S.
Freshness·
100
—

Zhu L.: 17 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Anisimova A.
Sasnovich A.
7-51-66-4
Semi-finals
Sasnovich A.
Li A.[7]
7-642-66-3
Anisimova A.
Kasatkina D.[3]
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Sasnovich A.
Tauson C.[6]
6-32-0
Kasatkina D.[3]
Parrizas Diaz N.
7-56-1
Anisimova A.
Begu I.
2-66-36-2
Li A.[7]
Rakhimova K.
6-17-5
R16
Begu I.
Paolini J.
3-66-26-3
Rakhimova K.
Sorribes Tormo S.[4]
7-636-4
Tauson C.[6]
Zhu L.
6-16-0
Li A.[7]
Sevastova A.
6-16-4
Parrizas Diaz N.
Liu C.
3-67-56-1
Anisimova A.
Cirstea S.[5]
6-46-1
Kasatkina D.[3]
Keys M.
7-642-66-3
Sasnovich A.
Peterson R.
6-26-4
R32
Peterson R.
Sharma A.
6-13-66-2
Kasatkina D.[3]
Kalinskaya A.
6-13-0
Cirstea S.[5]
Gracheva V.
6-06-0
Zhu L.
Stosur S.
7-657-65
Begu I.
Pegula J.[1]
7-666-3
Li A.[7]
Sherif M.
6-26-0
Sevastova A.
Garcia C.
6-46-4
Sasnovich A.
Wang X.
6-46-2
Keys M.
Dart H.
6-37-62
Tauson C.[6]
Kalinina A.
7-56-3
Anisimova A.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-651-67-5
Liu C.
Kostyuk M.[8]
4-66-46-3
Paolini J.
Schmiedlova A.
2-66-36-4
Parrizas Diaz N.
Perez E.
6-06-3
Sorribes Tormo S.[4]
Haddad Maia B.
6-45-76-3
Rakhimova K.
Minnen G.
7-57-5