James McCabe and Neil Oberleitner will face off in the 2^nd round of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.44
Neil Oberleitner -> 2.55

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Neil Oberleitner

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

James McCabe

Ranked no. 195, McCabe got to the 2^nd round after defeating Cing-Yang Meng 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Meng, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-5). During the match, McCabe scored 114 points vs Meng’s 99. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, McCabe submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James McCabe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (51/62) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Meng twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

McCabe has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (167-126). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, McCabe has an aggregate3-4 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

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

James has an aggregate 27-32 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Neil Oberleitner

Ranked no. 429, Oberleitner reached the 2^nd round after beating Taisei Ichikawa 6-3 6-4

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In the 1^st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Ichikawa (6-3 6-4). During the match Oberleitner scored 62 points vs Ichikawa’s 50. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Oberleitner bagged 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Neil Oberleitner lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Oberleitner put 62% of his first serves in, winning 87% (34/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Oberleitner broke Ichikawa 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Austrian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Nyiregyhaza and M15 Vienna.

Neil has an aggregate 38-31 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Oberleitner has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Oberleitner
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	35	19
Pts	114-99	62-50
Total Points	213	112
Winners	51	34
%Winners	45%	55%

Both McCabe and Oberleitner played 1 match. At the moment, James McCabe dropped 1 set while Neil Oberleitner hasn’t lost a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set more than Oberleitner (3 vs 2). Therefore, McCabe played 16 games more than Oberleitner. McCabe scored 51 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 34 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Oberleitner
Aces	20	7
Avg per match	20	7
1st in	62/103	39/63
%1st in	60%	62%
1st pts	51/62	34/39
%1st pts	82%	87%
2nd pts	25/41	9/24
%2nd pts	61%	38%

McCabe made 20 aces . Oberleitner blasted 7 aces . McCabe won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Oberleitner won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Oberleitner
Won	2	3
Converted	2/7	3/4
% Converted	29%	75%
Conceded	4	3
Saved	4	2
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	1

The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. McCabe pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Neil broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Oberleitner conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

McCabe
	R1 Meng	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	114-99	114-99
Total points	213	213
Winners	51	51
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	20	20
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	62/103	62/103
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	51/62	51/62
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	25/41	25/41
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Oberleitner
	R1 Ichikawa	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	62-50	62-50
Total points	112	112
Winners	34	34
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	39/63	39/63
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	34/39	34/39
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	9/24	9/24
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (2-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Tung-Lin WuWu (4-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Sidharth RawatRawat (6-4 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 7-6¹³) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Marek GengelGengel (6-0 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Kuan-Yi LeeLee (6-3 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (2-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Taisei IchikawaIchikawa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Cing-Yang MengMeng (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Taro DanielDaniel (2-6 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Sidharth RawatRawat (6-4 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Marek GengelGengel (6-0 7-6(8)) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Tung-Lin WuWu (4-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Taisei IchikawaIchikawa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (2-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Kuan-Yi LeeLee (6-3 3-6 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• James DuckworthDuckworth – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Uisung ParkPark – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Shinji HazawaHazawa – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction