Daniel Evans and Linang Xiao will face off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Evans who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Evans is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Evans -> 1.157
Linang Xiao -> 4.75

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Evans vs. Linang Xiao

There is no head to head record between Daniel Evans and Linang Xiao since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

19 - 23win/loss

Hard
5-8
I Hard
1-3
Clay
6-7
Grass
7-5
Rank
183
High
21
LWWLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-25 8-10 6-7 1-3 7-5 0-0
2024 18-26 8-11 3-8 4-3 3-4 0-0
2023 19-27 11-15 5-7 2-2 1-3 0-0
2022 35-27 19-13 4-7 6-4 6-3 0-0
2021 27-24 12-11 6-6 3-4 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 136, the Brit will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Lloyd in the qualifications on the 18th of August.

Daniel has an aggregate 19-23 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Brit has an overall 595-404 record. He has a positive 257-159 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai Challenger
Evans's Record

Linang Xiao

Linang Xiao

19 - 17win/loss

Hard
12-10
I Hard
7-6
Clay
0-1
Rank
781
High
637
LWLLWLLLLL
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 Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-1 to Noguchi in the 1st round on the 26th of August.

Xiao has a composed 19-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Luan.

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 115-87 record. He has a positive 100-76 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai Challenger
Xiao's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

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