Luca Nardi and James McCabe will face off in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.46
James McCabe -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Luca reached the 2nd round after defeating Seong Chan Hong 7-5 3-6 7-64.
In the 1st round, Luca defeated Chan Hong (7-5 3-6 7-64).During the match, Nardi scored less points (3) than Chan Hong. In fact, the world no. 143 won 99 points vs Chan Hong’s. That means that Nardi was more focused during the important points. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 66% of his first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Chan Hong 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Nardi has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (111-89). 14-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has a compiled29-16 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Porto Challenger where he beat Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1.
The Italian has a compiled 31-32 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 17-13 | 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. 277, James reached the 2nd round after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-3 6-2). During the match McCabe scored 65 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 50. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, McCabe made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James McCabe was very efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Ferreira Silva 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 29-25 win-loss record in 2023, 24-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 |
| Pts | 99-102 | 65-50 |
| Total Points | 201 | 115 |
| Winners | 44 | 20 |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% |
Both Nardi and McCabe played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Nardi dropped 1 set while James McCabe hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nardi has played 1 set more than McCabe (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nardi played 17 games more than McCabe. The Italian scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe struck 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 7 |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 28/60 |
| %1st in | 66% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 20/28 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 59% |
Nardi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. McCabe fired 7 aces . Nardi won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 71% 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 | Nardi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Luca broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 99-102 | 99-102 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 61/92 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| McCabe | |||
| R1 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/60 | 28/60 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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