Chris Rodesch and James McCabe will play each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chris Rodesch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chris Rodesch is the pick to win this match.
Chris Rodesch -> 1.64
James McCabe -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Chris Rodesch vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Chris Rodesch and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Chris Rodesch
28 - 14win/loss
166
164
LWLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-15 | 10-4 | 11-5 | 6-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-11 | 19-2 | 18-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-11 | 5-1 | 12-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164 (career-high), Rodesch reached the qualifications after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Rodesch defeated Kukushkin (7-65 3-6 6-3). During the match, Rodesch and Kukushkin scored the same amount of points (105). However, the world no. 164 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Luxembourger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodesch made 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Chris Rodesch lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodesch put 76% of his first serves in, winning 73% (60/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Rodesch broke Kukushkin twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Rodesch has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 72% of his matches (113-44). 1-1 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodesch has a composed1-1 match record in the last 6 years on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Emilio Nava in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Chris has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
The Luxembourger has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
15 - 18win/loss
183
176
LWWWLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-19 | 14-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 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. 180, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Harold Mayot 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-3 6-2). During the match McCabe scored 57 points vs Mayot’s 37. McCabe was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe was quite efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Mayot 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
McCabe’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodesch | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 105-105 | 57-37 |
| Total Points | 210 | 94 |
| Winners | 60 | 22 |
| %Winners | 57% | 39% |
Both Rodesch and McCabe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Chris Rodesch dropped 1 set while James McCabe hasn’t lost a set so far. Rodesch has played 1 set more than McCabe (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rodesch played 14 games more than McCabe. Rodesch scored 60 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodesch | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 5 |
| 1st in | 82/108 | 24/44 |
| %1st in | 76% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 60/82 | 22/24 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 70% |
Rodesch recorded 19 aces . McCabe fired 5 aces . Rodesch won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 92% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodesch | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/13 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 15% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Rodesch broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. Rodesch surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. McCabe broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. James was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Rodesch | |||
| Q1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-105 | 105-105 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 82/108 | 82/108 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 60/82 | 60/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 2/13 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 57-37 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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