James McCabe and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the 1^st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on SHOW COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.35
James McCabe -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Yosuke Watanuki

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

James McCabe

Ranked no. 176 (career-high), James will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 7-6(2) to Atmane in the 1^st round on the 15^th of April.

James has a composed 12-11 win-loss record in 2025, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

McCabe’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, McCabe has an overall 152-105 record. He has a positive 130-77 record on hard.

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 213, the Japanese will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(4)

to Bolt in the 1^st round on the 15^th of April.

The Japanese has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 239-154 record. He has a positive 149-87 record on hard.

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history

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Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger

• Johannus MondayMonday – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hyeon ChungChung – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Uisung ParkPark – Yunseong ChungChung (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Brandon HoltHolt (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction