Clara Tauson vs Lin Zhu — Melbourne 2 Round of 16

Melbourne 2 · WTA · Round of 16
Clara Tauson
DEN6
Clara Tauson
#30WTA
1802ELO
1775Hard ELO
$792kYTD
$5.2MCAREER
23 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 January 2022
hard
Lin Zhu
CHN
Lin Zhu
#130WTA
1674ELO
1647Hard ELO
32 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
Tauson C.
6-1 6-0
Zhu L.
Tauson C.
662
Zhu L.
100

Clara Tauson defeated Lin Zhu 6-1 6-0 in the Melbourne 2 round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Clara Tauson came in ranked #30.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Tauson C.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Zhu L.

Zhu L.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Tauson C.

Serve advantage — Tauson C.

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

Tauson C.Zhu L.
56
Serve
14
39
Return
60

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

Statistics

This season
Tauson C.Zhu L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
60%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.1
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.7
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (193 vs 179). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Tauson C.Zhu L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
73
37
Break points saved·Dominant
93
64
Break points won·Even
93
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
57
15
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
80
65

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Tauson C.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 70 days (−1.2)
Zhu L.
3.5
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 189 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
6.9+128 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.1Hard Elo 1647
7.3Overall Elo 1802
ELO gap
2.7Overall Elo 1674
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
7.9
Surface form
4.9
Fatigue & Travel
Surface transition
7.0
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
Tauson C.Zhu L.
Freshness·Even
98
100

Tauson C.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d) · Zhu L.: 18 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