Magda Linette and Mingge Xu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magda Linette who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.26
Mingge Xu -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Mingge Xu
There is no head to head record between Magda Linette and Mingge Xu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Magda Linette
16 - 14win/loss
29
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LLLWWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-17 | 11-9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 11-16 | 16-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Magda got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexandra Eala 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Magda had a good straight sets win against Eala (6-4 6-3). During the match, Linette scored 73 points vs Eala’s 66. Linette was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Linette managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 55% of her first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Eala 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Linette has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (276-245). 1-1 on grass in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Linette has an aggregate 27-29 match record in the last years on grass.
The Pole has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Mingge Xu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-10 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-11 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350 (career-high), Xu got to the 2nd round after defeating Katie Volynets 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mingge had a good straight sets win against Volynets (6-3 6-3). During the match Xu scored 71 points vs Volynets’s 53. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Xu fired 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Mingge Xu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Xu put 67% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Volynets 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
The Brit has an aggregate 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Xu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Linette | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 73-66 | 71-53 |
| Total Points | 139 | 124 |
| Winners | 24 | 29 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Linette and Xu played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Linette and Xu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Linette played 1 game more than Xu. The Pole scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 29 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Linette | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 43/64 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 8/21 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 38% |
Linette recorded 6 aces . Xu made 7 aces . Linette won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Xu won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Linette | Xu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Linette broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Magda surrendered her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Xu conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Linette | |||
| R1 Eala |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 73-66 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 34/62 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Xu | |||
| R1 Volynets |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 71-53 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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