Jiayu Xu vs Yajing CaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Jiayu Xu and Yajing Cao have met 2 times since 2026; Jiayu Xu leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W35 Luzhou in 2026 on hard. On hard courts Xu leads 2–0. Xu has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Xu has taken 4 sets to Cao's 0. Their most recent meeting: Jiayu Xu won at W15 Maanshan (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Xu | Cao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jiayu Xu | Yajing Cao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 14/20 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 4/16 | 21% | 3/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 18% | 3/17 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 80% | 4/5 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 46% | 6/13 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 4/5 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 17/18 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 60% | 3/5 |
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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Xu 2, Cao 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Xu
💥 Big Hitter
Cao
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Jiayu Xu and Yajing Cao are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 5,594 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jun 30, 2026
W15 Maanshan
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 14, 2026
W35 Luzhou
H Hard · 3rd Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.69 | - |
| ROI % | -40.7% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.22u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → POR | — |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Xu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Cao's 0%).
| Opponent | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Yanan Hou | L 64 46 26 | L 16 26 |
| Yiru Chen | W 63 64 | L 36 67 |
| Soo Young Choi | L | L 76 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yingqun Sun
W15 Maanshan · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Seo Yun Choi
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 30
Yanan Hou
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 23
Chia Yi Tsao
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Yiru Chen
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Riko Kikawada
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Soo Young Choi
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 2
Cherry Kim
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Anastasia Efremova
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 16
Xin Tong Wang
W15 Luan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 12
Maralgoo Chogsomjav
W15 Luan · 1st Round
Jul 8
Jiayu Xu
W15 Maanshan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 30
Wei Zheng
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Shiho Shibata
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Yiru Chen
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 17–36 matches
| Metric | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 18% |
| Sets won | 54% | 24% |
| Games won | 51% | 42% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Xu | Cao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
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