Harry Wendelken and James Watt will square off in the 1st round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Harry Wendelken who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Harry Wendelken is the pick to win this match.
Harry Wendelken -> 1.49
James Watt -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Harry Wendelken vs. James Watt
There is no head to head record between Harry Wendelken and James Watt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Harry Wendelken
28 - 13win/loss
178
175
WLWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-22 | 23-9 | 0-3 | 12-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-27 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 22-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-33 | 10-16 | 0-2 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 15-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-22 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 15-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, the Brit will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 3-6 7-6(1) 6-2 to Pavlovic in the qualifications on the 19th of May.
Wendelken has a compiled 28-13 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
The Brit’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sheffield,the Hersonissos 1 Challenger,the Miyazaki Challenger and the Wuning 1 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Brit has an overall 208-152 record. He has a negative 8-12 record on grass.
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
James Watt
6 - 5win/loss
897
569
LLWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-10 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 16-20 | 9-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-21 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 717, James reached the 1st round after beating Antoine Ghibaudo 7-6(2) 6-4 and August Holmgren 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (6-2 7-5). During the match Watt scored 62 points vs Holmgren’s 42. Watt was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Watt struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Watt was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (31/34) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watt broke Holmgren 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watt started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
ATP Birmingham Challenger - James Watt's projected path
James has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2026, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Birmingham Challenger
- James McCabeMcCabe – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Filippo RomanoRomano – Ben JonesJones (7-5 7-69) – See score progression
- James WattWatt – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Hamish StewartStewart (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-2 2-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Hamish StewartStewart (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-2 2-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
