Ye Cong Mo and Linang Xiao will square off in the qualifications of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Linang Xiao who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linang Xiao is the pick to win this match.
Linang Xiao -> 1.77
Ye Cong Mo -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Ye Cong Mo vs. Linang Xiao

This will be the 2^nd time that Ye Cong Mo and Linang Xiao fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cong Mo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Cong Mo won 6-0 6-0 in the 2^nd round in M15 Shanghai back in 2023.

Ye Cong Mo

Ranked no. 650, Ye reached the qualifications after defeating Ray Ho 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications against Ho, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Cong Mo scored 90 points vs Ho’s 74. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cong Mo scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Ye Cong Mo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cong Mo put 76% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Ho 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Cong Mo has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (117-60). 3-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cong Mo has a compiled105-54 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Chinese has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

Cong Mo has never competed in this tournament before.

Linang Xiao

Ranked no. 723, Linang reached the qualifications after defeating Dominik Palan 6-7⁶ 4-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Palan, the Chinese had a free pass after Palan retired on a 6-7⁶ 4-0 . scoreline.

Linang has an overall 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cong Mo	Xiao
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	17
Pts	90-74	72-66
Total Points	164	138
Winners	39	20
%Winners	43%	28%

Both Cong Mo and Xiao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ye Cong Mo surrendered 1 set, while Linang Xiao surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cong Mo and Xiao have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Cong Mo played 9 games more than Xiao. The Chinese scored 39 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese managed to score 20 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cong Mo	Xiao
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	60/79	36/74
%1st in	76%	49%
1st pts	39/60	20/36
%1st pts	65%	56%
2nd pts	11/19	21/38
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Cong Mo struck 1 ace . Xiao also struck 1 ace . Cong Mo won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Xiao won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cong Mo	Xiao
Won	5	4
Converted	5/9	4/14
% Converted	56%	29%
Conceded	8	6
Saved	5	4
% Saved	63%	67%
Times Broken	3	2

Ye broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cong Mo dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Xiao broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Xiao conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Cong Mo
	Q1 Ho	Total
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	90-74	90-74
Total points	164	164
Winners	39	39
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	60/79	60/79
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	39/60	39/60
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Xiao
	Q1 Palan	Total
Score	6-76 4-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	72-66	72-66
Total points	138	138
Winners	20	20
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/74	36/74
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	20/36	20/36
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	21/38	21/38
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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