Egor Gerasimov and James McCabe will face off in the qualifications of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm 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 Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Egor Gerasimov is the pick to win this match.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.74
James McCabe -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Egor Gerasimov and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Egor Gerasimov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-31 | 16-17 | 0-3 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-16 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-10 | 2-8 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 332, Egor got to the qualifications after defeating Linghao Zhang 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gerasimov had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-2 6-2). During the match, Gerasimov scored 61 points vs Zhang’s 35. Egor was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gerasimov scored 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Egor Gerasimov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Egor broke Zhang 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Gerasimov has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (276-206). 2-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gerasimov has an aggregate 127-89 record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Belarussian has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
James McCabe
16 - 12win/loss
265
258
WWLLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 44-25 | 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. 365, McCabe got to the qualifications after beating Federico Bondioli 7-66 6-0.
In the qualifications, McCabe had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (7-66 6-0). During the match McCabe scored 72 points vs Bondioli’s 60. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. James broke Bondioli 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
McCabe’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Traralgon and M25 Mildura.
James has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gerasimov | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 61-35 | 72-60 |
| Total Points | 96 | 132 |
| Winners | 23 | 29 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Gerasimov and McCabe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gerasimov and McCabe have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gerasimov played 3 games less than McCabe. Gerasimov scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, James fired 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gerasimov | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 27/38 | 43/69 |
| %1st in | 71% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 15/26 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 58% |
Gerasimov made 4 aces . McCabe scored 3 aces . Gerasimov won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gerasimov | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 29% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Gerasimov broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Gerasimov quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. James broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gerasimov | |||
| Q1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Bondioli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 43/69 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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