Li Tu and Linang Xiao will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.103
Linang Xiao -> 5.95
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Linang Xiao
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Linang Xiao since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Li Tu
30 - 21win/loss
189
178
WWLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 33-19 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, Tu got to the qualifications after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5 4-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Kukushkin, Tu had a free pass after Kukushkin retired on a 7-5 4-2 . scoreline.
Tu has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (159-86). 25-15 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has an aggregate116-54 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Li’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
Tu has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 25-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 38-25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-16 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 818, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-2 6-3). During the match Xiao scored 58 points vs Mochizuki’s 43. Linang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Xiao made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Linang Xiao lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Xiao put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Mochizuki 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Chinese has a composed 12-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 57-39 | 58-43 |
| Total Points | 96 | 101 |
| Winners | 24 | 25 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Tu and Xiao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Tu has played 1 set more than Xiao (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tu played 1 game more than Xiao. Tu scored 24 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 36/52 |
| %1st in | 65% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 25/36 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 50% |
Tu scored 7 aces . Xiao made 4 aces . Tu won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Xiao won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 75% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Linang broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Xiao conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tu | |||
| Q1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Xiao | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-43 | 58-43 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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