James McCabe and Mikalai Haliak will play each other in the semifinal of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.4
Mikalai Haliak -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Mikalai Haliak
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Mikalai Haliak since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 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. 281, James got to the semifinal after beating Luke Saville 7-63 2-6 6-3, Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Rigele Te 7-66 3-6 6-0.
In the quarter, McCabe defeated Te (7-66 3-6 6-0). During the match, McCabe scored 93 points vs Te’s 83. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, McCabe made 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. James broke Te 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has surrendered 3 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
McCabe has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (83-54). 22-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, McCabe has an overall69-34 record in the last 4 years on hard.
McCabe’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2023, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikalai Haliak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-17 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-28 | 12-9 | 25-13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 26-25 | 5-7 | 15-12 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-11 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 16-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 567 (career-high), the Belarussian reached the semifinal after defeating Linghao Zhang 6-3 6-1, Ray Ho 6-3 6-1, Mukund Sasikumar 6-3 7-5, Linang Xiao 6-4 6-1 and Yusuke Takahashi 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-4 6-4). During the match Haliak scored 61 points vs Takahashi’s 54. Haliak was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Haliak struck 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikalai Haliak lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Haliak put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Takahashi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Haliak’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Baotou.
The Belarussian has a composed 37-19 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Haliak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 90 |
| Pts | 285-258 | 325-235 |
| Total Points | 543 | 560 |
| Winners | 121 | 132 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
McCabe played 3 matches while Haliak competed in 5 matches. Haliak started his run from the qualifications while McCabe had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James McCabe lost 3 sets while Mikalai Haliak hasn’t dropped a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set(s) less than Haliak (9 vs 10). Therefore, McCabe played 6 games less than Haliak. McCabe scored 121 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mikalai managed to score 132 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Haliak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 34 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 11.3 | 4.2 |
| 1st in | 158/277 | 172/259 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 121/158 | 132/172 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 52/119 | 51/87 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 59% |
McCabe made 34 aces (11.3 per match). Haliak fired 21 aces (4.2 per match). McCabe won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Haliak won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Haliak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 21 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 21/36 |
| % Converted | 54% | 58% |
| Conceded | 19 | 17 |
| Saved | 9 | 13 |
| % Saved | 47% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. McCabe lost his serve 10 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Mikalai broke his opponents 21 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | |||||
| R1 Saville |
R2 Giustino |
1/4 Te |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 2-6 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 7-66 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 28 | 84 | |
| pts | 104-107 | 88-68 | 93-83 | 285-258 | |
| Total points | 211 | 156 | 176 | 543 | |
| Winners | 42 | 33 | 46 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 59/114 | 41/72 | 58/91 | 158/277 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 57% | 64% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 33/41 | 46/58 | 121/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/55 | 13/31 | 14/33 | 52/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 42% | 42% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 67% | 80% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 20% | 60% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Haliak | |||||||
| Q1 Zhang |
Q3 Ho |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Xiao |
1/4 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 90 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 64-41 | 73-54 | 69-46 | 61-54 | 325-235 | |
| Total points | 98 | 105 | 127 | 115 | 115 | 560 | |
| Winners | 18 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 32 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 47% | 35% | 52% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 29/49 | 42/57 | 30/44 | 47/63 | 172/259 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 59% | 74% | 68% | 75% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 24/29 | 34/42 | 24/30 | 32/47 | 132/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 68% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 10/20 | 10/15 | 8/14 | 7/16 | 51/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 50% | 67% | 57% | 44% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/8 | 5/8 | 4/5 | 21/36 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 38% | 63% | 80% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 100% | 80% | 67% | 105% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLLWLW Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger
- Mikalai HaliakHaliak – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Colin SinclairSinclair (7-5 6-74 6-1) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Li TuTu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Rigele TeTe (7-66 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Rigele Te/Bu YunchaoketeTe/Bu Yunchaokete – Kaichi Uchida/Yasutaka UchiyamaUchida/Yasutaka Uchiyama (5-7 6-1 10-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-1) – H2H and prediction
