Lukas Klein and James McCabe will face off in the 2^nd round of the Sumter Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.55
James McCabe -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. James McCabe

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

Lukas Klein

Ranked no. 122, Klein reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ryan Seggerman 6-4 ret..

In the 1^st round against Seggerman, Klein had a free pass after Seggerman retired on a 6-4 . scoreline.

Klein has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (347-213). 4-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klein has a compiled 102-51 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the San Marino Challenger where he beat Dino Prizmic in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Zug Challenger where he overcame Harold Mayot in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4.

Lukas has a compiled 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 167, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after beating Jacob Fearnley 3-6 7-5 ret..

In the 1^st round against Fearnley, McCabe had a free pass after Fearnley retired on a 3-6 7-5 . scoreline.

The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.

McCabe has a compiled 22-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Klein	McCabe
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	10	21
Pts	36-31	66-67
Total Points	67	133
Winners	17	27
%Winners	47%	41%

Both Klein and McCabe played 1 match. At the moment, James McCabe conceded 1 set while Lukas Klein hasn’t dropped a set so far. Klein has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 3). Therefore, Klein played 11 games less than McCabe. The Slovakian scored 17 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 27 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Klein	McCabe
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	22/33	36/64
%1st in	67%	56%
1st pts	17/22	27/36
%1st pts	77%	75%
2nd pts	6/11	15/28
%2nd pts	55%	54%

Klein bagged 3 aces . McCabe scored 4 aces . Klein won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Klein	McCabe
Won	1	2
Converted	1/4	2/4
% Converted	25%	50%
Conceded	4	8
Saved	4	6
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	2

Klein broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Lukas pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. McCabe broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Klein
	R1 Seggerman	Total
Score	6-4 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	10	10
pts	36-31	36-31
Total points	67	67
Winners	17	17
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	22/33	22/33
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	17/22	17/22
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	6/11	6/11
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/4	1/4
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

McCabe
	R1 Fearnley	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	66-67	66-67
Total points	133	133
Winners	27	27
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/64	36/64
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	15/28	15/28
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Sumter Challenger

• Karl PolingPoling – Daniel EvansEvans (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (3-6 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Darwin BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaylan BigunBigun – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Hady HabibHabib (6-7⁹ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Daniel EvansEvans (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Darwin BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

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