Colin Sinclair and Linang Xiao will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colin Sinclair who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colin Sinclair is the pick to win this match.
Colin Sinclair -> 1.66
Linang Xiao -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Colin Sinclair vs. Linang Xiao
This will be the 3rd time that Colin Sinclair and Linang Xiao face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinclair (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sinclair won 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Wuning back in September 2026.
Colin Sinclair
39 - 22win/loss
485
340
LWLWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-26 | 25-22 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-26 | 23-25 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-17 | 18-15 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 31-25 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 22-14 | 7-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 483, Colin will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Wuning where he lost 7-5 7-6(8) to Zhang in the 1st round on the 9th of September.
The Australian has an aggregate 38-22 win-loss record in 2026, 21-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Colin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Wodonga and M25 Anning.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 300-207 record. He has a positive 183-139 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-16 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-23 | 14-16 | 0-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 817, the Chinese will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Galarneau in the 2nd round on the 9th of September.
Xiao has a compiled 8-13 win-loss record in 2026, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Linang has an overall 125-106 record. He has a positive 104-89 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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