Nikoloz Basilashvili and James McCabe will face off in the 1^st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.46
James McCabe -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. James McCabe

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

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 111, Nikoloz will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(4) 7-5 to Huesler in the qualifications on the 21^st of August.

The Georgean has a composed 31-24 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Basilashvili’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Nikoloz has an overall 474-415 record. He has a positive 187-164 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 178, McCabe will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Sun in the 1^st round on the 1^st of September.

McCabe has an overall 23-26 win-loss record in 2025, 16-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, McCabe has an overall 163-120 record. He has a positive 134-85 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

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

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 7-6⁴
  ) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Evan ZhuZhu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tianhui ZhangZhang – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-6⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tomohiro MasabayashiMasabayashi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Evan ZhuZhu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (4-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Tianhui ZhangZhang – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Linang XiaoXiao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction