James McCabe and Gauthier Onclin will square off in the 2^nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James McCabe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.8
Gauthier Onclin -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Gauthier Onclin

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

James McCabe

Ranked no. 178, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 6-4). During the match, McCabe scored 66 points vs Basilashvili’s 46. McCabe was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, McCabe managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James McCabe was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Basilashvili 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

McCabe has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (164-120). 17-19 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, McCabe has an aggregate135-85 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

James has a composed 24-26 win-loss record in 2025, 17-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Gauthier Onclin

Ranked no. 215, Onclin reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ilia Simakin 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Onclin had a good straight sets win against Simakin (6-2 6-4). During the match Onclin scored 76 points vs Simakin’s 60. Onclin was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Onclin recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gauthier Onclin was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Simakin 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Onclin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Gauthier has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Onclin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Onclin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	18
Pts	66-46	76-60
Total Points	112	136
Winners	28	31
%Winners	42%	41%

Both McCabe and Onclin played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, McCabe and Onclin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, McCabe played 1 game more than Onclin. James scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 31 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Onclin
Aces	13	5
Avg per match	13	5
1st in	34/55	40/65
%1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	28/34	31/40
%1st pts	82%	78%
2nd pts	12/21	13/25
%2nd pts	57%	52%

McCabe blasted 13 aces . Onclin bagged 5 aces . McCabe won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Onclin won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Onclin
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/12
% Converted	38%	25%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	1	6
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

James broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. James dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Belgian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

McCabe
	R1 Basilashvili	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-46	66-46
Total points	112	112
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/55	34/55
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Onclin
	R1 Simakin	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	76-60	76-60
Total points	136	136
Winners	31	31
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/65	40/65
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	31/40	31/40
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-1 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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