James McCabe and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the quarter of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.59
Ulises Blanch -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-28 | 40-22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, James got to the quarter after defeating Ivar Aramburu Contreras 6-3 6-0, Keegan Smith 6-77 7-67 6-3, Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 7-65 and Jose Statham 2-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Statham, McCabe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, McCabe scored 77 points vs Statham’s 66. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, McCabe blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James McCabe was very effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. McCabe broke Statham 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
McCabe started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
McCabe has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (71-37). 15-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has an aggregate62-29 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
McCabe’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 15-5 win-loss record in 2023, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 327, the American got to the quarter after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-3 6-3 and Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Fratangelo (6-4 6-2). During the match Blanch scored 72 points vs Fratangelo’s 57. The American was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ulises Blanch conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Fratangelo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 36 |
| Pts | 337-278 | 130-101 |
| Total Points | 615 | 231 |
| Winners | 143 | 56 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
McCabe played 4 matches while Blanch competed in 2 matches. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Blanch had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James McCabe dropped 2 sets while Ulises Blanch hasn’t lost a set so far. McCabe has played 6 sets more than Blanch (10 vs 4). Therefore, McCabe played 60 games more than Blanch. The Australian scored 143 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ulises recorded 56 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 34 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 175/291 | 68/112 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 143/175 | 56/68 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 70/116 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
McCabe recorded 34 aces (8.5 per match). Blanch recorded 19 aces (9.5 per match). McCabe won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 7 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 47% |
| Conceded | 15 | 5 |
| Saved | 13 | 4 |
| % Saved | 87% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
James broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. James dropped his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Ulises broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | ||||||
| Q1 Jose Aramburu Contreras |
Q3 Smith |
R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Statham |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-77 7-67 6-3 | 6-3 7-65 | 2-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 35 | 22 | 24 | 96 | |
| pts | 65-36 | 114-108 | 81-68 | 77-66 | 337-278 | |
| Total points | 101 | 222 | 149 | 143 | 615 | |
| Winners | 26 | 55 | 34 | 28 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 42% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 66/108 | 39/70 | 38/66 | 175/291 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 56% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 55/66 | 34/39 | 28/38 | 143/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 83% | 87% | 74% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 27/42 | 16/31 | 17/28 | 70/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 64% | 52% | 61% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/8 | 2/5 | 4/11 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 13% | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 67% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Blanch | ||||||
| R1 Chan Hong |
R2 Fratangelo |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |||
| pts | 58-44 | 72-57 | 130-101 | |||
| Total points | 102 | 129 | 231 | |||
| Winners | 21 | 35 | 56 | |||
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 43% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 24/43 | 44/69 | 68/112 | |||
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 61% | |||
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 35/44 | 56/68 | |||
| % 1st pts | 88% | 80% | 82% | |||
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/25 | 23/44 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 48% | 52% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 7/15 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 47% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | |||
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 25% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
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