Matteo Gigante and James McCabe will play each other in the 1^st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT D. 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 Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.68
James McCabe -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. James McCabe

There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Matteo Gigante

Ranked no. 143, the Italian will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Moriya in the 1^st round on the 5^th of November.

The Italian has an overall 41-24 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 142-100 record. He has a negative 9-21 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 259, the Australian will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Moreno De Alboran

in the 2^nd round on the 7^th of November.

The Australian has a compiled 52-32 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.

In terms of his career, James has an overall 137-91 record. He has a negative 1-3 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Tung-Lin WuWu – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Li TuTu – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroSho – Chak Lam Coleman WongChak (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction