Shintaro Mochizuki and James McCabe will square off in the 1st round of the Jinan Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.31
James McCabe -> 3.24

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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. James McCabe

This will be the 4th time that Shintaro Mochizuki and James McCabe fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Mochizuki (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mochizuki won 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger back in March 2025.

Shintaro Mochizuki

Shintaro Mochizuki

37 - 25win/loss

Hard
24-15
I Hard
0-1
Clay
2-6
Grass
11-3
Rank
94
High
92
LLLWLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-31 27-16 2-6 3-6 11-3 0-0
2024 28-33 19-22 7-5 0-1 2-5 0-0
2023 41-33 22-16 13-8 2-5 4-4 0-0
2022 37-34 18-17 13-12 6-5 0-0 0-0
2021 35-30 11-10 18-11 5-7 1-1 0-1

Ranked no. 102 (career-high), Shintaro will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Hanfmann in the qualifications on the 29th of September.

Mochizuki has an overall 37-25 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Moerani Bouzige in the final 6-1 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Shintaro has an overall 212-178 record. He has a positive 120-100 record on hard.

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Mochizuki has never competed in this tournament before.

Jinan Challenger
Mochizuki's Record

James McCabe

James McCabe

24 - 29win/loss

Hard
17-22
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. 192, the Australian will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 3-6 7-6(1) 6-2 to Schoolkate in the qualifications on the 29th of September.

McCabe has an overall 24-29 win-loss record in 2025, 17-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

McCabe’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.

In terms of his career, McCabe has an overall 164-123 record. He has a positive 135-88 record on hard.

Jinan Challenger
McCabe's Record

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