James McCabe and Moerani Bouzige will square off in the 1st round of the Brisbane 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on SHOW COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.
James McCabe -> 1.26
Moerani Bouzige -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Moerani Bouzige
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Moerani Bouzige since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-35 | 22-27 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 258, McCabe will start his run in the Brisbane 1 Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-5 6-3 7-6(4) to Michelsen in the 2nd round on the 16th of January.
The Australian has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, James has an overall 142-97 record. He has a positive 120-69 record on hard.
Previously in the Brisbane 1 Challenger
McCabe has never competed in this tournament before.
Moerani Bouzige
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-36 | 35-35 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-33 | 42-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-36 | 33-27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-19 | 13-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-4 | 21-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, Moerani will start his run in the Brisbane 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Noumea Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3
to Mochizuki in the final on the 4th of January.Bouzige has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Moerani’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.
In terms of his career, Moerani has an overall 163-131 record. He has a positive 150-113 record on hard.
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