Marc Polmans and James McCabe will square off in the 2nd round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.44
James McCabe -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-22 | 33-15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Francesco Maestrelli 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-1 6-2). During the match, Polmans scored 64 points vs Maestrelli’s 37. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Polmans blasted 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Marc Polmans was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Polmans broke Maestrelli 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Polmans has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (264-206). 7-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Polmans has an aggregate 154-117 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Burnie Challenger.
Polmans has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Marc has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-36 | 24-28 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-35 | 47-28 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 346 (career-high), James got to the 2nd round after beating Digvijaypratap Singh 6-1 7-5, Hiroki Moriya 6-1 6-3 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-2 7-63). During the match McCabe scored 68 points vs Giustino’s 54. James was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe recorded 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James McCabe was extremely efficient on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Giustino twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The Australian has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 56 |
| Pts | 64-37 | 193-137 |
| Total Points | 101 | 330 |
| Winners | 18 | 76 |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% |
Polmans played 1 match while McCabe competed in 3 matches. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Polmans had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Polmans has played 4 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 6). Therefore, Polmans played 41 games less than McCabe. Marc scored 18 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe managed to score 76 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 86/157 |
| %1st in | 47% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 76/86 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 38/71 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 54% |
Polmans managed to score 2 aces . McCabe recorded 23 aces (7.7 per match). Polmans won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 67% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-37 | 64-37 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| McCabe | |||||
| Q1 Singh |
Q3 Moriya |
R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 60-35 | 68-54 | 193-137 | |
| Total points | 113 | 95 | 122 | 330 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 32 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 23/44 | 35/60 | 86/157 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 52% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/23 | 32/35 | 76/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 96% | 91% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/21 | 14/25 | 38/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Leo BorgBorg (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Dane SweenySweeny (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-66 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (7-63 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
