Dane Sweeny and James McCabe will square off in the 2nd round of the Chennai Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.8
Dane Sweeny -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. James McCabe
This will be the 5th time that Dane Sweeny and James McCabe fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sweeny (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sweeny won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Darwin back in 2022.
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-20 | 15-14 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Dane got to the 2nd round after beating Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sweeny had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sweeny scored 68 points vs Maestrelli’s 54. Dane was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sweeny managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dane Sweeny was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Maestrelli 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Sweeny has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (112-76). 3-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sweeny has an overall96-53 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Australian has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Sweeny has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 356, McCabe got to the 2nd round after defeating Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-1 6-2, Digvijaypratap Singh 6-2 7-62 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-1 6-4). During the match McCabe scored 59 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 38. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 55% of his first serves in, winning 89% (25/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hsiou Hsu 4 times.
The Australian has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sweeny | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 53 |
| Pts | 68-54 | 198-135 |
| Total Points | 122 | 333 |
| Winners | 26 | 71 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Sweeny played 1 match while McCabe competed in 3 matches. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Sweeny had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Sweeny has played 4 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 6). Therefore, Sweeny played 34 games less than McCabe. Sweeny scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe blasted 71 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sweeny | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 80/154 |
| %1st in | 57% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 71/80 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 37/74 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Sweeny fired 3 aces . McCabe fired 26 aces (8.7 per match). Sweeny won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sweeny | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 38% | 62% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Sweeny broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Dane conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. McCabe broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. James conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sweeny | |||
| R1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 68-54 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 36/63 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| McCabe | |||||
| Q1 Sanjeev |
Q3 Singh |
R1 Hsiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 7-62 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 51-28 | 88-69 | 59-38 | 198-135 | |
| Total points | 79 | 157 | 97 | 333 | |
| Winners | 17 | 29 | 25 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 19/39 | 33/64 | 28/51 | 80/154 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 52% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 29/33 | 25/28 | 71/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 88% | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 11/31 | 11/23 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 35% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/12 | 4/4 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 42% | 100% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 75% | 115% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWLWL Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Max PurcellPurcell – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Leo BorgBorg (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Petr NouzaNouza – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 1-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 1-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (4-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Petr NouzaNouza – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Leo BorgBorg (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petr NouzaNouza – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
