Rio Noguchi and Linang Xiao will face off in the 1st round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 9:00 pm 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 Rio Noguchi who should win in 2 sets.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.285
Linang Xiao -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Linang Xiao
This will be the 2nd time that Rio Noguchi and Linang Xiao fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Xiao (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Xiao won 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in 2023.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-30 | 36-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, the Japanese will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Faria in the qualifications on the 19th of August.
Noguchi has a compiled 30-20 win-loss record in 2025, 30-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he overcame Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Rio has an overall 359-248 record. He has a positive 254-160 record on hard.
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
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. 642, Linang will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Maanshan where he lost 7-5 4-6 6-2 to Wang in the quarter on the 22nd of August.
The Chinese has a composed 19-16 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Xiao’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Luan.
In terms of his career, Linang has an overall 115-86 record. He has a positive 100-75 record on hard.
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger
- Kaito UesugiUesugi – James WattWatt (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Joshua CharltonCharlton – Akira SantillanSantillan (7-64 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Takeru YuzukiYuzuki (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Charles ChenChen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Charles ChenChen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kaito UesugiUesugi – James WattWatt (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Joshua CharltonCharlton – Akira SantillanSantillan (7-6(4) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Takeru YuzukiYuzuki (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yuta KikuchiKikuchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaito UesugiUesugi – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sergey FominFomin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sanhui ShinShin – Woobin ShinShin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joshua CharltonCharlton – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction