Kayla Cross vs Mingge XuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇨🇦Kayla Cross
#162 · 21 yrs · Left-Handed
3w33 meetings · sets 5–3
🇬🇧Mingge Xu
#332 · 18 yrs · Right-Handed
Kayla Cross and Mingge Xu have met 3 times since 2025; Kayla Cross leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at W50 Evora 1 in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Cross leads 2–0. Across all meetings Cross has taken 5 sets to Xu's 3. Their most recent meeting: Mingge Xu won at Birmingham (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cross | Xu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kayla Cross | Mingge Xu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 30/44 | 75% | 15/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 26% | 6/23 | 35% | 7/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 20/67 | 30% | 12/40 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 58% | 21/36 | 43% | 9/21 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 13/26 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 12/18 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 95% | 38/40 | 77% | 17/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 30/40 | 68% | 15/22 |
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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Cross 1, Xu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cross
👑 The Complete Package
Xu
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
Both Kayla Cross and Mingge Xu are 👑 The Complete Package types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 3,166 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 30, 2026
Birmingham
G Grass
Nov 28, 2025
W50 Ortisei 1
H Hard · Semifinals
Sep 11, 2025
W50 Evora 1
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cross | Xu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kayla Cross | Mingge Xu | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 9/12 | 71% | 5/7 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–6 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.34 | 2.59 |
| ROI % | +13.7% | -74.6% |
| Units P/L | +2.06u | -6.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 4 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | CAN | NED → BUL |
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
Cross has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Xu's 0%).
| Opponent | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mandlik | W 57 76 62 | L 64 46 16 |
| Tereza Martincova | L 36 46 | L 67 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ann Li
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Katie Boulter
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Harriet Dart
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 30
Elvina Kalieva
W100 Evansville · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Whitney Osuigwe
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 22
Sara Saito
W75 Granby · Final
Jul 19
Elizabeth Mandlik
W75 Granby · Semifinals
Jul 18
Rebecca Marino
W75 Granby · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Susan Bandecchi
W35 Aldershot · Quarterfinals
Aug 13
Edie Griffiths
W35 Aldershot · 2nd Round
Aug 12
Mary Lewis
W35 Aldershot · 1st Round
Aug 11
Eliz Maloney
W35 Roehampton · 1st Round
Aug 5
Katja Wiersholm
W50 Nottingham · 1st Round
Jul 14
Daria Kasatkina
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Tiana Tian Deng
Maanshan 5 ITF
Jun 22
Elsa Jacquemot
Eastbourne
Jun 20
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 40–68 matches
| Metric | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 50% |
| Sets won | 61% | 51% |
| Games won | 54% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W50 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cross | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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