Tristan Schoolkate and James McCabe will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Newport Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.73
James McCabe -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. James McCabe
This will be the 2nd time that Tristan Schoolkate and James McCabe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Schoolkate (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Schoolkate won 6-1 3-6 6-2 in the semifinal in M25 Canberra back in 2022.
Tristan Schoolkate
33 - 20win/loss
99
95
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-36 | 33-25 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 104, Schoolkate got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 7-6(4) 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Schoolkate had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-64 7-62). During the match, Schoolkate scored 84 points vs Bolt’s 78. Tristan was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Schoolkate bagged 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Tristan broke Bolt 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Schoolkate has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (203-141). 8-3 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Schoolkate has a composed29-13 match record in the last 7 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Brisbane 1 Challenger where he overcame Marek Gengel in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and the Ilkley Challenger where he beat Jack Pinnington Jones in the final 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3.
Schoolkate has an overall 33-20 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Newport Challenger
Schoolkate has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
21 - 20win/loss
191
164
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-36 | 24-28 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 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. 181, McCabe got to the 2nd round after defeating Alafia Ayeni 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-1 6-2). During the match McCabe scored 55 points vs Ayeni’s 36. James was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James McCabe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Ayeni 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
McCabe’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
McCabe has an overall 21-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Schoolkate | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 |
| Pts | 84-78 | 55-36 |
| Total Points | 162 | 91 |
| Winners | 35 | 24 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Both Schoolkate and McCabe played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Schoolkate and McCabe have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Schoolkate played 11 games more than McCabe. The Australian scored 35 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 24 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Schoolkate | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 47/86 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 24/29 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 55% |
Schoolkate fired 10 aces . McCabe struck 6 aces . Schoolkate won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Schoolkate | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. James was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Schoolkate | |||
| R1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-78 | 84-78 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/86 | 47/86 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| McCabe | |||
| R1 Ayeni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-36 | 55-36 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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