James McCabe and Matthew Hulme will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on SHOW COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.094
Matthew Hulme -> 6.2

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Matthew Hulme

There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Matthew Hulme since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 217 (career-high), James reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jacob Bradshaw 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, James had a good straight sets win against Bradshaw (6-3 6-1). During the match, McCabe scored 59 points vs Bradshaw’s 40. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, McCabe recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James McCabe was very effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Bradshaw 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

McCabe has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (145-98). 5-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has an aggregate123-70 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

McCabe has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 2 Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Matthew Hulme

Ranked no. 823, matthew reached the 2^nd round after beating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-3 7-6(3), Cruz Hewitt 4-6 6-4 6-0 and Yi Zhou 0-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Zhou, Matthew recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Hulme scored less points (3) than Zhou. In fact, the world no. 217 won 88 points vs Zhou’s. That means that Hulme was more focused during the important points. Hulme was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Hulme recorded 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matthew Hulme lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Hulme put 73% of his first serves in, winning 58% (42/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Hulme was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zhou twice.

Matthew has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Hulme
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	74
Pts	59-40	260-238
Total Points	99	498
Winners	20	123
%Winners	34%	47%

McCabe played 1 match while Hulme competed in 3 matches. Hulme started his run from the qualifications while McCabe had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matthew Hulme dropped 2 sets while James McCabe hasn’t surrendered a set so far. McCabe has played 6 set(s) less than Hulme (2 vs 8). Therefore, McCabe played 58 games less than Hulme. James scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Hulme made 123 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Hulme
Aces	6	22
Avg per match	6	7.3
1st in	23/48	188/249
%1st in	48%	76%
1st pts	20/23	123/188
%1st pts	87%	65%
2nd pts	15/25	36/61
%2nd pts	60%	59%

McCabe scored 6 aces . Hulme recorded 22 aces (7.3 per match). McCabe won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Hulme won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Hulme
Won	4	10
Converted	4/9	10/19
% Converted	44%	53%
Conceded	1	27
Saved	1	21
% Saved	100%	78%
Times Broken	0	6

James broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Hulme conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

McCabe
	R1 Bradshaw	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	59-40	59-40
Total points	99	99
Winners	20	20
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	23/48	23/48
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	20/23	20/23
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Hulme
	Q1 Huang	Q3 Hewitt	R1 Zhou	Total
Score	6-3 7-63	4-6 6-4 6-0	0-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	22	26	26	74
pts	77-65	95-82	88-91	260-238
Total points	142	177	179	498
Winners	40	41	42	123
%Winners	52%	43%	48%	47%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	10	22
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	52/66	63/83	73/100	188/249
% 1st in	79%	76%	73%	76%
1st pts	40/52	41/63	42/73	123/188
% 1st pts	77%	65%	58%	65%
2nd pts	7/14	11/20	18/27	36/61
% 2nd pts	50%	55%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	5	2	10
Converted	3/7	5/10	2/2	10/19
Converted %	43%	50%	100%	53%
Conceded	4	9	14	27
Saved	3/4	7/9	11/14	21
Saved %	75%	78%	79%	232%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

Tennis Scores in Brisbane 2 Challenger

• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Matthew HulmeHulme – Yi ZhouZhou (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kosuke OguraOgura – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Charles BroomBroom (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Blake EllisEllis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Keisuke SaitohSaitoh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Arthur WeberWeber (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Govind NandaNanda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian LangmoLangmo – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Govind NandaNanda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Arthur WeberWeber (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Keisuke SaitohSaitoh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Charles BroomBroom (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Blake EllisEllis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Li TuTu – Jake DelaneyDelaney (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christian LangmoLangmo – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marek GengelGengel – Omar JasikaJasika (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Kousuke OguraOgura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction