Rio Noguchi and James McCabe will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.85
Rio Noguchi -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. James McCabe
This will be the 2nd time that Rio Noguchi and James McCabe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Noguchi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Noguchi won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in the Busan Challenger back in April 2024.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Noguchi had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-4). During the match, Noguchi scored 69 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 58. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Noguchi fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rio Noguchi lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Noguchi broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Noguchi has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (304-206). 12-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noguchi has an aggregate200-125 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Rio’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill.
The Japanese has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
James McCabe
13 - 11win/loss
256
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LLWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 370, McCabe got to the qualifications after beating Yi Zhou 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Zhou (7-5 6-1). During the match McCabe scored 71 points vs Zhou’s 52. McCabe was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James McCabe was extremely efficient on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Zhou 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
McCabe’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Traralgon and M25 Mildura.
McCabe has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noguchi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 69-58 | 71-52 |
| Total Points | 127 | 123 |
| Winners | 22 | 28 |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% |
Both Noguchi and McCabe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and McCabe have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Noguchi played 1 game more than McCabe. Rio scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, James bagged 28 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noguchi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 30/47 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 28/30 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Noguchi bagged 2 aces . McCabe fired 4 aces . Noguchi won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noguchi | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Rio broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. McCabe was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Noguchi | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 69-58 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 28/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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