Jie Cui vs Linang XiaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Jie Cui and Linang Xiao have met 1 time since 2026; Jie Cui leads 1–0. Across all meetings Cui has taken 2 sets to Xiao's 0. Their most recent meeting: Jie Cui won at M15 Maanshan 2 (2026).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Ningboo Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 26 · 10:00 PM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
At 5.39 or longer, Linang Xiao has won 1 of 12 (8%). The price implied 13%, so Linang Xiao has fallen 5 points short of it.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Jie Cui and Linang Xiao meet in the 1st Round of the Ningboo Challenger on October 26 on hard court. Cui, ranked 448th, carries a 2-0 head-to-head record over Xiao, who sits at 1064th. Both players have logged heavy schedules in recent weeks, with Cui playing six matches in the last 14 days.
Cui has won three of his last five matches after dropping his most recent outing; Xiao has won two of his last five and also sits on a loss. The gap widens on a longer sample: Cui has won four of his last ten, Xiao has won three. Against common opponents including Akira Santillan and Alexis Galarneau, Cui won while Linang Xiao fell to both.
Both players operate as frontrunners who build points through aggression when momentum swings in their favor. Xiao's hard-court record stands at 30% compared to Cui's 45%, and his recent form has been inconsistent across a compact schedule. The match will hinge on whether Xiao can stabilize his groundstrokes and decision-making early, while Cui must maintain the consistency that has defined his better recent run.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cui | Xiao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jie Cui | Linang Xiao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 83% | 25/30 | 100% | 13/13 |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 11/26 | 59% | 10/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 16/56 | 33% | 10/30 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 67% | 16/24 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 17/28 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 37% | 10/27 | 50% | 4/8 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 76% | 25/33 | 76% | 13/17 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 76% | 25/33 | 76% | 13/17 |
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 (Cui 1, Xiao 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cui
🏹 Frontrunner
Xiao
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
Both Jie Cui and Linang Xiao are 🏹 Frontrunner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 268 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Mar 14, 2026
M15 Maanshan 2
H Hard · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cui | Xiao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Jie Cui | Linang Xiao | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 15/15 | 100% | 10/10 |
| 3 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 5/15 | 40% | 4/10 |
| 10 or more | 13% | 2/15 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/10 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–8 | 3–7 |
| Avg odds | 3.15 | 4.19 |
| ROI % | +16.5% | -44.2% |
| Units P/L | +2.63u | -4.42u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 1 |
| Distance | 663 mi · 1,067 km | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | CHN | 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cui has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Xiao's 0%).
| Opponent | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Galarneau | W 64 62 | L 36 46 |
| Andre Ilagan | W 67 62 64 | L 36 76 36 |
| Maxim Zhukov | W 62 63 | L 36 63 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tristan Schoolkate
Guangzhou Challenger · Semifinals
Oct 24
Akira Santillan
Guangzhou Challenger · Quarterfinals
Oct 23
Yibing Wu
Guangzhou Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 22
Yu Hsiou Hsu
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 20
Martin Landaluce
Jinan Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 14
Fajing Sun
Jinan Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 13
Aleksandar Vukic
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Botic van de Zandschulp
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Boris Butulija
M15 Shenzhen · Quarterfinals
Oct 23
Timofei Derepasko
M15 Shenzhen · 2nd Round
Oct 22
Weiyi Kong
M15 Shenzhen · 1st Round
Oct 20
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 30–56 matches
| Metric | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 43% |
| Sets won | 55% | 51% |
| Games won | 53% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cui | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |