Daniel Evans vs Linang XiaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Daniel Evans and Linang Xiao have met 1 time since 2025; Daniel Evans leads 1–0. Across all meetings Evans has taken 2 sets to Xiao's 0. Their most recent meeting: Daniel Evans won at Shanghai Challenger (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Evans | Xiao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Daniel Evans | Linang Xiao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 100% | 2/2 | 100% | 12/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 2/6 | 59% | 10/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 2/8 | 34% | 10/29 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/1 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 3/6 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 75% | 12/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 2/3 | 75% | 12/16 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Evans 1, Xiao 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Evans
🏹 Frontrunner
Xiao
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
Both Daniel Evans and Linang Xiao are 🏹 Frontrunner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 280 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 3, 2025
Shanghai Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 5.40 |
| ROI % | - | -62.7% |
| Units P/L | - | -4.39u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 1,032 mi · 1,661 km |
| Route | — | CHN |
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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tristan Schoolkate
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 24
Juan Carlos Prado Angelo
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Marcos Giron
HSBC Championships · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Charles Broom
Lexus Ilkley Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
James Watt
Lexus Ilkley Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 7
Bruno Kuzuhara
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Daniel Jade
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Rei Sakamoto
Australian Open - Melbourne · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 12
Federico Cina
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Shintaro Mochizuki
Chengdu Open - Chengdu · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 22
Colin Sinclair
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 14
Alexis Galarneau
Shanghai Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 9
Kaichi Uchida
Shanghai Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 7
Colin Sinclair
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
Sep 2
Fitriadi M Rifqi
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 26
Xiuyuan Ye
M15 Luan · 1st Round
May 20
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–29 matches
| Metric | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 25% | 41% |
| Sets won | 33% | 50% |
| Games won | 44% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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