James McCabe and Shintaro Imai will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.36
Shintaro Imai -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Shintaro Imai
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Shintaro Imai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
James McCabe
50 - 31win/loss
256
255
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. 262, James reached the qualifications after defeating Christoph Negritu 6-7(4) 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications against Negritu, McCabe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-0 6-3). During the match, McCabe scored 104 points vs Negritu’s 79. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, McCabe recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James McCabe was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (43/53) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Negritu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
McCabe has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (135-90). 43-25 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has an overall114-63 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
James has a composed 50-31 win-loss record in 2024, 43-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Shintaro Imai
29 - 16win/loss
462
290
LLWLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 424, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Shintaro had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-0). During the match Imai scored 61 points vs Uchida’s 39. Shintaro was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Imai made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Shintaro Imai lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Imai put 62% of his first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Imai broke Uchida 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong and M15 Tokyo.
The Japanese has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2024, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 |
| Pts | 104-79 | 61-39 |
| Total Points | 183 | 100 |
| Winners | 43 | 22 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both McCabe and Imai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James McCabe lost 1 set while Shintaro Imai hasn’t surrendered a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set more than Imai (3 vs 2). Therefore, McCabe played 12 games more than Imai. The Australian scored 43 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 22 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 29/47 |
| %1st in | 60% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 8/18 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 44% |
McCabe blasted 8 aces . Imai fired 8 aces . McCabe won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
McCabe broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Shintaro broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Imai conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Negritu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 104-79 | 104-79 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 53/88 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 43/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Imai | |||
| Q1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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