James McCabe and Blake Ellis will face off in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
James McCabe -> 1.38
Blake Ellis -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Blake Ellis
This will be the 2nd time that James McCabe and Blake Ellis clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McCabe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, McCabe won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Burnie 2 Challenger back in February 2024.
James McCabe
49 - 30win/loss
260
258
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-33 | 46-26 | 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. 262, the Australian will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-0 ret. to Walton in the quarter on the 18th of October.
James has an overall 49-30 win-loss record in 2024, 42-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
McCabe’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
Talking about his overall career, James has an overall 134-89 record. He has a positive 113-62 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Blake Ellis
41 - 28win/loss
354
336
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-29 | 39-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 342 (career-high), Ellis will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-5
to Sweeny in the 1st round on the 21st of October.The Australian has a composed 41-28 win-loss record in 2024, 33-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ellis’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio,M25 Taipei and M25 Cairns.
In terms of his career, Ellis has an overall 218-161 record. He has a positive 174-137 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tibo ColsonColson – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex BoltBolt – Ajeet RaiRai (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seita WatanabeWatanabe – Blake MottMott (0-0) – H2H and prediction