James McCabe and Linang Xiao will square off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. 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 James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
James McCabe -> 1.25
Linang Xiao -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Linang Xiao
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Linang Xiao since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-34 | 21-26 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-35 | 47-28 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, the Australian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-2 ret. to Haliak in the semifinal on the 2nd of September.
McCabe has a composed 27-23 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
McCabe’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, James has an overall 83-55 record. He has a positive 69-35 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
McCabe has never competed in this tournament before.
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 783, Linang will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Lock in the qualifications on the 19th of September.
The Chinese has a composed 34-21 win-loss record in 2023, 32-19 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Xiao’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Tianjin.
In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 73-43 record. He has a positive 65-39 record on hard.
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- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Colin SinclairSinclair – Li TuTu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Jason JungJung (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – (0-0) – H2H and prediction