James McCabe and Fajing Sun will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.39
Fajing Sun -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Fajing Sun

There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Fajing Sun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

James McCabe

James McCabe

23 - 25win/loss

Hard
16-18
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-2
Grass
7-5
Rank
196
High
164
WWLLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-34 21-26 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. 176, McCabe will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) to Duckworth in the qualifications on the 21st of August.

James has a composed 23-25 win-loss record in 2025, 16-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

James’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, McCabe has an overall 163-119 record. He has a positive 134-84 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

McCabe has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai Challenger
McCabe's Record

Fajing Sun

Fajing Sun

18 - 16win/loss

Hard
18-13
I Hard
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
271
High
198
LWWWLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-24 24-21 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0
2024 51-27 42-23 7-2 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 32-27 25-22 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-22 32-18 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 238, the Chinese will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Shin in the 2nd round on the 27th

of August.

The Chinese has an overall 18-16 win-loss record in 2025, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he overcame Alex Bolt in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 285-223 record. He has a positive 240-179 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Shanghai Challenger
Sun's Record

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