James McCabe and Jie Cui will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 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 James McCabe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.69
Jie Cui -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Jie Cui

There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

James McCabe

James McCabe

24 - 30win/loss

Hard
17-23
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, James will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Mochizuki in the 1st round on the 7th of October.

James has a composed 24-30 win-loss record in 2025, 17-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, McCabe has an overall 164-124 record. He has a positive 135-89 record on hard.

Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

Shenzhen Challenger
McCabe's Record

Jie Cui

Jie Cui

30 - 25win/loss

Hard
29-22
I Hard
1-3
Rank
319
High
280
LLWWWLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-27 32-24 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 41-27 36-26 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 40-23 36-21 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 10-10 10-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 311, Jie will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Droguet

in the 1st round on the 7th of October.

The Chinese has an overall 30-25 win-loss record in 2025, 29-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,M15 Luan and M25 Luzhou.

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 184-144 record. He has a positive 165-124 record on hard.

Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Shenzhen Challenger
Cui's Record

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