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

James McCabe

50 - 31win/loss

Hard
43-25
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
259
High
258
LWLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 53-33 45-26 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, 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)

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Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Matsuyama Challenger
McCabe's Record

Shintaro Imai

Shintaro Imai

29 - 16win/loss

Hard
21-13
I Hard
5-1
Grass
3-2
Rank
408
High
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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Imai's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.McCabe
S.Imai
!
2h:01
2h:01
Time on court​
1h:05
1h:05
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
16
16
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
104
104
Total points​
61
61
104
104
Avg point​
61
61
43
43
Winners
22
22
43
43
Avg Winners​
22
22
41%
41%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
8
8
8
8
Avg Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
43/53
43/53
1st won total​
22/29
22/29
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
19/35
19/35
2nd won total​
8/18
8/18
54%
54%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
BP won
6/10
6/10
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
6/10
6/10
!
56%
56%
Won
!
60%
60%
6
6
Conceded
2
2
6
6
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
0
0

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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