Jiayu Xu vs Yanan HouPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Jiayu Xu and Yanan Hou have met 2 times since 2026; Yanan Hou leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W15 Maanshan 1 in 2026 on hard. On hard courts Hou leads 2–0. Hou has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Xu has taken 2 sets to Hou's 4. Their most recent meeting: Yanan Hou won at W15 Maanshan (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Xu | Hou | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jiayu Xu | Yanan Hou | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 14/20 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 4/16 | 29% | 4/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 38% | 11/29 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 80% | 4/5 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 46% | 6/13 | 62% | 8/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 4/5 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 17/18 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 73% | 8/11 |
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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Xu 0, Hou 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Xu
💥 Big Hitter
Hou
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Jiayu Xu.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Sep 23, 2026
W15 Maanshan
H Hard · 1st Round
Mar 4, 2026
W15 Maanshan 1
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Xu | Hou | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Jiayu Xu | Yanan Hou | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 3/4 | 64% | 7/11 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 2/4 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 5 or more | 25% | 1/4 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.69 | 3.40 |
| ROI % | -40.7% | -34.1% |
| Units P/L | -1.22u | -2.39u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 4 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → POR | POL → POR → COL |
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
Across 6 shared opponents, both Xu and Hou posted a 33% win rate.
| Opponent | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| Jiaqi Wang | L 36 46 | L 26 64 26 |
| Yingqun Sun | L 26 62 67 | L 46 76 46 |
| Niehua Tian | W 76 36 103 | W 75 62 |
| Soo Young Choi | L | L 16 36 |
| Chenting Zhu | L 46 06 | L 16 57 |
| Yajing Cao | W 60 61 | W 61 62 |
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
Jiaqi Wang
W15 Maanshan · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Alina Yuneva
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Ha Eum Lee
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Oct 7
Ha Eum Lee
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Niehua Tian
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 29
Unknown Player
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Jiayu Xu
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 23
Hong Yi Cody Wong
W35 Shenyang · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 14
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 29–36 matches
| Metric | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 52% |
| Sets won | 54% | 49% |
| Games won | 51% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Xu | Hou |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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