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

James McCabe

51 - 31win/loss

Hard
44-25
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
265
High
258
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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
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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

Matsuyama Challenger
McCabe's Record

Benoit Paire

Benoit Paire

11 - 29win/loss

Hard
6-11
I Hard
4-7
Clay
0-9
Grass
1-2
Rank
304
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 11-29 6-11 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
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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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Paire's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.McCabe
B.Paire
3h:10
3h:10
Time on court​
2h:17
2h:17
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
2
2
Match played
2
2
45
45
Games Played​
35
35
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
160
160
Total points​
128
128
80
80
Avg point​
64
64
68
68
Winners
52
52
34
34
Avg Winners​
26
26
43%
43%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
19
19
9
9
Avg Aces
9.5
9.5
5
5
Double Faults
8
8
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
4
4
68/84
68/84
1st won total​
52/61
52/61
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
32/59
32/59
2nd won total​
26/51
26/51
54%
54%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
8/13
8/13
BP won
8/14
8/14
4/6.5
4/6.5
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
62%
62%
Won
!
57%
57%
6
6
Conceded
6
6
3
3
Avg Conceded
3
3
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
6
6
Saved
5
5
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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

Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger

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