Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and James McCabe will play each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.39
James McCabe -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
47 - 34win/loss
110
109
LWWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-35 | 21-12 | 27-19 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 7-5). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 83 points vs Schoolkate’s 69. Nicolas was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolas broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Moreno De Alboran has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (239-140). 17-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has a compiled125-67 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Nicolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Villena Challenger.
The Spaniard has a compiled 47-34 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Moreno De Alboran has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
52 - 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. 265, McCabe reached the 2nd round after beating Christoph Negritu 6-7(4) 6-0 6-3, Shintaro Imai 6-2 6-3 and Benoit Paire 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Paire, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-4). During the match McCabe scored 121 points vs Paire’s 112. McCabe was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe scored 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 55% of his first serves in, winning 77% (51/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (24/53) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Paire 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
McCabe’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
James has an overall 52-31 win-loss record in 2024, 45-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 78 |
| Pts | 83-69 | 281-233 |
| Total Points | 152 | 514 |
| Winners | 34 | 119 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Moreno De Alboran played 1 match while McCabe competed in 3 matches. McCabe started his run from the qualifications while Moreno De Alboran had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James McCabe lost 2 sets while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t dropped a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 6 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 8). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 56 games less than McCabe. Nicolas scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 119 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 10 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 150/262 |
| %1st in | 71% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 119/150 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 56/112 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Moreno De Alboran fired 9 aces . McCabe bagged 30 aces (10 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moreno De Alboran | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 30% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 17 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Moreno De Alboran broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. McCabe conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moreno De Alboran | |||
| R1 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-69 | 83-69 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| McCabe | |||||
| Q1 Negritu |
Q3 Imai |
R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-72 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 33 | 78 | |
| pts | 104-79 | 56-42 | 121-112 | 281-233 | |
| Total points | 183 | 98 | 233 | 514 | |
| Winners | 43 | 25 | 51 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 31/55 | 66/119 | 150/262 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 43/53 | 25/31 | 51/66 | 119/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 13/24 | 24/53 | 56/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 75% | 44% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 11 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 82% | 182% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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