James McCabe and Benoit Paire will play each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.86
James McCabe -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Benoit Paire
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Benoit Paire since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James McCabe
51 - 31win/loss
259
258
WLWWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-32 | 45-26 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 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. 265, James got to the 1st round after defeating Christoph Negritu 6-7(4) 6-0 6-3 and Shintaro Imai 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Imai (6-2 6-3). During the match, McCabe scored 56 points vs Imai’s 42. McCabe was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, McCabe blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Imai 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
McCabe started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
McCabe has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (136-90). 44-25 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has a composed115-63 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
James’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
The Australian has an overall 51-31 win-loss record in 2024, 44-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Benoit Paire
11 - 29win/loss
299
18
LWWLLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 304, Benoit reached the 1st round after defeating Kentaro Otsuka 6-1 6-0 and Hiroki Moriya 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Benoit had a good straight sets win against Moriya (7-63 6-3). During the match Paire scored 74 points vs Moriya’s 68. Paire was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Paire bagged 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 53% of his first serves in, winning 88% (35/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Moriya twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benoit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The French player has an aggregate 11-29 win-loss record in 2024, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 35 |
| Pts | 160-121 | 128-94 |
| Total Points | 281 | 222 |
| Winners | 68 | 52 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both McCabe and Paire played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James McCabe surrendered 1 set while Benoit Paire hasn’t surrendered a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set more than Paire (5 vs 4). Therefore, McCabe played 10 games more than Paire. James scored 68 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Benoit struck 52 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 84/143 | 61/112 |
| %1st in | 59% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 68/84 | 52/61 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 32/59 | 26/51 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 51% |
McCabe scored 18 aces (9 per match). Paire scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). McCabe won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 62% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
James broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Paire broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Paire conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | ||||
| Q1 Negritu |
Q3 Imai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 45 | |
| pts | 104-79 | 56-42 | 160-121 | |
| Total points | 183 | 98 | 281 | |
| Winners | 43 | 25 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 31/55 | 84/143 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 25/31 | 68/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 13/24 | 32/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/4 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 75% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paire | ||||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Q3 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 74-68 | 128-94 | |
| Total points | 80 | 142 | 222 | |
| Winners | 17 | 35 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 21/36 | 40/76 | 61/112 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 35/40 | 52/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 17/36 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 2/5 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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