Billy Harris and James McCabe will play each other in the 2nd round of the New Delhi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.86
Billy Harris -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Billy Harris vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Billy Harris and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-20 | 17-12 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-36 | 12-13 | 6-8 | 7-9 | 14-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Billy reached the 2nd round after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Vanshelboim (6-1 6-4). During the match, Harris scored 53 points vs Vanshelboim’s 37. Harris was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Harris wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Billy Harris was very effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Harris was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vanshelboim 3 times.
Harris has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (361-233). 6-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Harris has an aggregate 155-96 match record in the last years on hard.
The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
Harris has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the New Delhi Challenger
Harris has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-14 | 14-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 215 (career-high), McCabe reached the 2nd round after beating Enrico Dalla Valle 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Dalla Valle, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match McCabe scored 87 points vs Dalla Valle’s 82. James was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, McCabe struck 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Dalla Valle 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
James has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Harris | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 |
| Pts | 53-37 | 87-82 |
| Total Points | 90 | 169 |
| Winners | 28 | 41 |
| %Winners | 53% | 47% |
Both Harris and McCabe played 1 match. At the moment, James McCabe lost 1 set while Billy Harris hasn’t conceded a set so far. Harris has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 3). Therefore, Harris played 8 games less than McCabe. Billy scored 28 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 41 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Harris | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 59/94 |
| %1st in | 73% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 41/59 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Harris didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. McCabe managed to score 8 aces . Harris won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 69% 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 | Harris | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 30% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Billy broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Billy quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. McCabe broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Harris | |||
| R1 Vanshelboim |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 53-37 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| McCabe | |||
| R1 Dalla Valle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-82 | 87-82 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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