Yanan Hou vs Jiayu Xu — W15 Maanshan Round of 32

W15 Maanshan · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
CHN
Yanan Hou
#960WTA
21 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 March 2026
hard
CHN
Jiayu Xu
#1368WTA
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWWLLL
Hou Y.
6-4 4-6 6-2
Xu J.
Hou Y.
6462
Xu J.
4621

Yanan Hou defeated Jiayu Xu 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the W15 Maanshan round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Yanan Hou came in ranked #960, defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Yanan Hou closed it out in three sets, 6–4 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Hou Y.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Xu J.

Xu J.serving36% hold

wins 44% of points on serve vs Hou Y.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Hou Y.Xu J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
67%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
47%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
38%
33%
Service points won·Slight edge
51%
40%
Return points won·Clear edge
45%
32%
Break points saved·Even
47%
50%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (11 vs 4). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Hou Y.
5.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 182 days (−1.5)
Xu J.
3.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 70 days (−1.2)
Form & Matchup
10.0No prior meetings
H2H
0.0
6.4
Surface form
4.1
Fatigue & Travel
Surface transition
6.0
Context
7.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wang J.
Jeong B.
6-17-65
Jeong B.
Chanta A.
4-66-27-5
Semi-finals
Wang J.
Snigireva A.
6-46-1
Jeong B.
Jang S.
7-643-3
Jeong B.
Wang J.
6-36-2
Chanta A.
Savinykh V.
6-47-64
Quarter-finals
Jang S.
Sun Y.
3-66-06-4
Jeong B.
Lizunova A.
6-36-2
Snigireva A.
Wang M.
6-46-3
Wang J.
Wang J.
7-53-66-1
Savinykh V.
Ohwaki Y.
6-26-2
Jeong B.
Wang Y.
6-42-66-1
Chanta A.
Zou R.
6-36-2
Wang J.
Lin Y.
6-36-756-2
R16
Jang S.
Lee H.
7-56-3
Wang J.
Wu H.
5-76-26-0
Lizunova A.
Pushkareva A.
6-47-61
Wang M.
Luo X.
7-626-2
Snigireva A.
Zhang J.
3-67-666-2
Jeong B.
Koyama H.
6-36-2
Sun Y.
Hou Y.
6-46-766-4
Wang J.
Yu W.
6-37-5
Jeong B.
Shek C.
6-47-64
Savinykh V.
Belyaeva D.
6-46-4
Wang J.
Chen M.
6-26-3
Chanta A.
Yuan C.
6-36-1
Zou R.
Shao Y.
7-656-1
Lin Y.
Sun Y.
6-26-2
Wang Y.
Kalyakina M.
6-36-3
Ohwaki Y.
Kuharenko P.
0-0
R32
Koyama H.
Lin Y.
6-26-1
Luo X.
Zou R.
6-16-1
Hou Y.
Xu J.
6-44-66-2
Jeong B.
Mengqiao L.
6-16-1
Pushkareva A.
Zhao X.
6-36-3
Yu W.
Kim C.
4-66-46-1
Wang M.
Suvirdjonkova D.
6-746-26-2
Snigireva A.
Xiao L.
6-36-2
Zhang J.
Belyaeva D.
6-36-0
Wang J.
Ge L.
6-26-766-3
Jang S.
Ye Q.
6-16-3
Wu H.
Choi O.
6-26-0
Sun Y.
Hanatani N.
6-36-4
Lee H.
Deng T.
7-54-66-4
Lizunova A.
Chen M.
6-47-5
Wang J.
Yodpetch K.
6-46-4
Shek C.
Wong H.
6-46-4
Sun Y.
Lee H.
7-56-2
Shao Y.
Nugroho P.
6-07-61
Wang J.
Zheng W.
6-07-5
Chanta A.
An L.
6-16-1
Jeong B.
Zhao X.
6-26-1
Kalyakina M.
Pawlikowska Z.
6-46-747-5
Kuharenko P.
Han X.
6-06-0
Wang Y.
Zhang J.
6-36-4
Yuan C.
Pushkareva A.
7-56-0
Chen M.
Wang X.
6-26-2
Ohwaki Y.
Guo M.
6-41-0
Savinykh V.
Sidorova K.
6-32-66-3
Belyaeva D.
Naklo T.
6-15-77-5
Zou R.
Jang S.
7-53-5
Lin Y.
Wang J.
6-44-1