Mingge Xu vs Kayla Cross — Birmingham Qualifying Semi-final

Birmingham · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Semi-final

GBR

Mingge Xu

1405ELO

1326Grass ELO

18 yrs · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

LLLLLWLLLW

2 — 1

Sets

Saturday, 30 May 2026 · 11:10

grass

CAN7

Kayla Cross

#197WTA

1432ELO

1318Grass ELO

21 yrs · Left-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

LWLLWLLLWW

Xu M.

6-3 5-7 6-0

Cross K.

Xu M.

6562

Cross K.

3701

Mingge Xu reeled off six straight games on the way to a 6-3 5-7 6-0 win over Kayla Cross in the Birmingham qualifying semi-final.

Key context

Set 1, game 8: Mingge Xu broke serve.
Set 3, game 1: Mingge Xu broke serve.
Pressure points: Mingge Xu converted 6 of 11 break points; Kayla Cross converted 3 of 6 break points.

Pressure & serve by court

Xu M.

Cross K.

Break points won

6/11

3/6

Break points saved

3/6

5/11

Break points from this match. Serve-by-court shows the share of service points won from each side of the court; the court side alternates every point.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Xu M.serving65% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Cross K.

Cross K.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Xu M.

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

Xu M.Cross K.

1st serve in·Slight edge

58%

64%

1st serve points won·Even

63%

61%

2nd serve points won·Even

44%

43%

Service points won·Even

55%

Return points won·Even

40%

43%

Break points saved·Slight edge

54%

48%

Aces / match·Even

2.3

2.7

Double faults / match·Dominant

6.1

4.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (9 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match

Xu M.

5.2

Clear underdogUmpiry Score

Cross K.

4.9

Heavy underdogUmpiry Score

Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)

Form & Matchup

5.3+24 Grass Elo edge

Surface ELO

4.7Grass Elo 1333

4.1Overall Elo 1420

ELO gap

5.9Overall Elo 1489

5.0First meeting on grass

H2H

5.0First meeting on grass

3.64 of last 10 on grass

Surface form

1.81 of last 5 on grass

0.0Lost last 5

Win streak

0.0

Fatigue & Travel

7.0Hard → Grass

Surface transition

3.0Clay → Grass

Context

5.0Didn't play here last year

Defending pts

5.0Didn't play here last year

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.