James McCabe and Nicolas Mejia will play each other in the quarter of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.72
Nicolas Mejia -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Nicolas Mejia 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 | 12-9 | 12-9 | 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. 208 (career-high), the Australian reached the quarter after beating Kyrian Jacquet 6-7(8) 6-1 6-2 and Rio Noguchi 7-5 5-7 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, James defeated Noguchi (7-5 5-7 7-65).During the match, McCabe scored less points (2) than Noguchi. In fact, the world no. 208 won 112 points vs Noguchi’s. That means that McCabe was more focused during the important points. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, McCabe fired 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (20/52) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Noguchi 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
McCabe has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (150-101). 10-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, McCabe has a composed128-73 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
McCabe has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-8 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 18-21 | 23-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-33 | 6-13 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-35 | 13-12 | 15-13 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 16-10 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209 (career-high), the Colombian reached the quarter after defeating Elmer Moller 6-3 6-4 and Blake Ellis 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Ellis (6-1 7-5). During the match Mejia scored 67 points vs Ellis’s 43. Mejia was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia struck 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Mejia was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Ellis 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Mejia has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McCabe | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 38 |
| Pts | 211-196 | 134-95 |
| Total Points | 407 | 229 |
| Winners | 98 | 54 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both McCabe and Mejia played 2 matches. At the moment, James McCabe dropped 2 sets while Nicolas Mejia hasn’t dropped a set so far. McCabe has played 2 sets more than Mejia (6 vs 4). Therefore, McCabe played 27 games more than Mejia. The Australian scored 98 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Mejia recorded 54 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McCabe | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 18 | 4 |
| 1st in | 125/220 | 69/99 |
| %1st in | 57% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 98/125 | 54/69 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 38/95 | 22/30 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 73% |
McCabe recorded 36 aces (18 per match). Mejia struck 8 aces (4 per match). McCabe won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | McCabe | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 7 |
| Converted | 11/16 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 69% | 44% |
| Conceded | 19 | 1 |
| Saved | 12 | 0 |
| % Saved | 63% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
James broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. James dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| McCabe | ||||
| R1 Jacquet |
R2 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 5-7 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 37 | 65 | |
| pts | 99-82 | 112-114 | 211-196 | |
| Total points | 181 | 226 | 407 | |
| Winners | 51 | 47 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 23 | 13 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 61/104 | 64/116 | 125/220 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 51/61 | 47/64 | 98/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 20/52 | 38/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/10 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 60% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 5/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 45% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Mejia | ||||
| R1 Moller |
R2 Ellis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 67-43 | 134-95 | |
| Total points | 119 | 110 | 229 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 29/43 | 69/99 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 25/29 | 54/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/14 | 22/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 79% | 73% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/7 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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