Victoria Mboko vs Lin Zhu — United Cup Round Robin

United Cup · WTA · Round Robin
Victoria Mboko
CAN
Victoria Mboko
#10WTA
2006ELO
2006Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$3.3MCAREER
19 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2026
hard
Lin Zhu
CHN
Lin Zhu
#142WTA
1674ELO
1647Hard ELO
32 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWL
Mboko V.
2-6 6-2 6-0
Zhu L.
Mboko V.
2662
Zhu L.
6201

Victoria Mboko defeated Lin Zhu 2-6 6-2 6-0 in the United Cup round robin on hard. The result followed the form book — Victoria Mboko came in ranked #10.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mboko V.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Zhu L.

Zhu L.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Mboko V.

Even serve battle

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

Mboko V.Zhu L.
58
Serve
14
53
Return
60

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

Statistics

This season
Mboko V.Zhu L.
1st serve in·Even
68%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
53%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.9
2.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.6
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (20 vs 24). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mboko V.Zhu L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
97
37
Break points saved·Dominant
95
64
Break points won·Slight edge
100
91
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
15
Tiebreaks·
—
65

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Mboko V.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
  • Injury return: 70 days (−1.2)
Zhu L.
3.2
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Injury return: 70 days (−1.2)
Form & Matchup
9.8+359 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.2Hard Elo 1647
9.7Overall Elo 2006
ELO gap
0.3Overall Elo 1674
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
7.9
Surface form
4.7
9.05-match win streak
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
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
Mboko V.Zhu L.
Freshness·
—
100

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Bencic B.
Swiatek I.
3-66-06-3
Semi-finals
Gauff C.
Swiatek I.
6-46-2
Bencic B.
Mertens E.
6-34-67-60
Quarter-finals
Mertens E.
Krejcikova B.
5-76-17-5
Gauff C.
Sakkari M.
6-36-2
Bencic B.
Sierra S.
6-26-2
Swiatek I.
Joint M.
6-16-1
Round Robin
Gauff C.
Sierra S.
6-16-1
Krejcikova B.
Helgo M.
6-46-3
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Gauff C.
6-16-736-0
Swiatek I.
Lys E.
3-66-36-4
Sakkari M.
Raducanu E.
6-33-66-1
Sakkari M.
Osaka N.
6-46-2
Lys E.
Lamens S.
6-26-2
Mboko V.
Zhu L.
2-66-26-0
Swiatek I.
Lamens S.
6-36-2
Mertens E.
Mboko V.
6-33-66-3
Krejcikova B.
Joint M.
6-46-1
Mertens E.
Zhu L.
6-26-2
Hunter S.
Helgo M.
6-27-63
Bencic B.
Paolini J.
6-46-3
Paolini J.
Jeanjean L.
6-26-3
Osaka N.
Swan K.
7-646-1
Sierra S.
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-45-76-0
Bencic B.
Jeanjean L.
6-26-4