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 | 80% | 4/5 | 100% | 12/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 2/5 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 3/10 | 21% | 6/28 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 2/3 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 4/6 | 47% | 7/15 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 2/3 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 4/5 | 80% | 12/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 4/5 | 80% | 12/15 |
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: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Evans 1, Xiao 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Evans
🎾 All-Court
Xiao
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 195 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
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 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.55 | 4.01 |
| ROI % | -47.5% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.90u | -1.00u |
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 | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | CHN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Evans has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Xiao's 0%).
| Opponent | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Crawford | W 36 76 61 | L 36 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Juan Carlos Prado Angelo
Wimbledon · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Tristan Schoolkate
Wimbledon · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 24
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
Oliver Crawford
Guangzhou Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 11
Fitriadi M Rifqi
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 26
Xiuyuan Ye
M15 Luan · 1st Round
May 20
Xiuyuan Ye
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 20
Andre Ilagan
Wuxi Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 4
Filip Peliwo
M25 Luzhou · 1st Round
Apr 22
Blake Ellis
Wuning 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 14
Colin Sinclair
M25 Maanshan 1 · 2nd Round
Apr 2
Yaojie Zeng
M25 Maanshan 1 · 1st Round
Apr 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 10–28 matches
| Metric | Evans | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 43% |
| Sets won | 52% | 48% |
| Games won | 50% | 50% |
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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