James McCabe and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT. 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 James McCabe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.84
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Ricardas Berankis
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Ricardas Berankis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James McCabe
15 - 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. 364, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Yi Zhou 7-5 6-1, Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-1 and Li Tu 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Tu, McCabe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, McCabe scored 92 points vs Tu’s 83. James was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, McCabe struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (46/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Tu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
McCabe has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (100-70). 11-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has a composed82-47 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
James’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Traralgon and M25 Mildura.
The Australian has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, Berankis got to the 2nd round after defeating Egor Gerasimov 7-66 6-1.
In the 1st round, Berankis had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (7-66 6-1). During the match Berankis scored 75 points vs Gerasimov’s 59. Berankis was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Berankis made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Gerasimov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Richard has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 20 |
| Pts | 224-179 | 75-59 |
| Total Points | 403 | 134 |
| Winners | 87 | 24 |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% |
McCabe played 3 matches while Berankis competed in 1 match. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Berankis had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James McCabe conceded 1 set while Ricardas Berankis hasn’t lost a set so far. McCabe has played 5 sets more than Berankis (7 vs 2). Therefore, McCabe played 42 games more than Berankis. James scored 87 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Berankis scored 24 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 116/207 | 32/59 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 87/116 | 24/32 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 44/91 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
McCabe struck 12 aces (4 per match). Berankis made 3 aces . McCabe won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 5 |
| Converted | 15/28 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 54% | 63% |
| Conceded | 19 | 3 |
| Saved | 14 | 1 |
| % Saved | 74% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. James surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Berankis broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Berankis conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | |||||
| Q1 Zhou |
Q3 Noguchi |
R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 27 | 62 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 61-44 | 92-83 | 224-179 | |
| Total points | 123 | 105 | 175 | 403 | |
| Winners | 28 | 13 | 46 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 21% | 50% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 23/54 | 63/106 | 116/207 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 43% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 13/23 | 46/63 | 87/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 57% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 16/31 | 19/43 | 44/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 52% | 44% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 7/10 | 4/6 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 70% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/10 | 7/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | 70% | 78% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Berankis | |||||
| R1 Gerasimov |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |||
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |||
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |||
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |||
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 32/59 | 32/59 | |||
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |||
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |||
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |||
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |||
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |||
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |||
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |||
| Saved % | 33% | 11% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
Head 2 Head
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