James McCabe and Masamichi Imamura will clash against each other in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.42
Masamichi Imamura -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Masamichi Imamura

This will be the 2^nd time that James McCabe and Masamichi Imamura fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McCabe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, McCabe won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final in M25 Roehampton back in 2024.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 195, McCabe reached the quarter after defeating Cing-Yang Meng 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 and Neil Oberleitner 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, James had a good straight sets win against Oberleitner (6-4 6-4). During the match, McCabe scored 65 points vs Oberleitner’s 55. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, McCabe managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. McCabe broke Oberleitner twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

McCabe has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (168-126). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, McCabe has an aggregate4-4 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Australian has a compiled 28-32 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Masamichi Imamura

Ranked no. 569, Imamura reached the quarter after defeating Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6-3 6-1 and Jurij Rodionov 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Masamichi had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-4 6-0). During the match Imamura scored 55 points vs Rodionov’s 40. Imamura was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Imamura scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Masamichi Imamura was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Masamichi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rodionov 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Imamura hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Imamura’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Taipei and M25 Perth.

Imamura has a composed 24-29 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Imamura
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	55	32
Pts	179-154	122-80
Total Points	333	202
Winners	78	41
%Winners	44%	34%

Both McCabe and Imamura played 2 matches. At the moment, James McCabe conceded 1 set while Masamichi Imamura hasn’t lost a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set more than Imamura (5 vs 4). Therefore, McCabe played 23 games more than Imamura. McCabe scored 78 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Imamura struck 41 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Imamura
Aces	29	3
Avg per match	14.5	1.5
1st in	100/168	48/85
%1st in	60%	56%
1st pts	78/100	41/48
%1st pts	78%	85%
2nd pts	44/68	25/37
%2nd pts	65%	68%

McCabe blasted 29 aces (14.5 per match). Imamura recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). McCabe won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Imamura
Won	4	8
Converted	4/10	8/18
% Converted	40%	44%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	9	4
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Australian broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. James pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 9 break points. Masamichi broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Masamichi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

McCabe
	R1 Meng	R2 Oberleitner	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 7-5	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	20	55
pts	114-99	65-55	179-154
Total points	213	120	333
Winners	51	27	78
%Winners	45%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	20	9	29
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	62/103	38/65	100/168
% 1st in	60%	58%	60%
1st pts	51/62	27/38	78/100
% 1st pts	82%	71%	78%
2nd pts	25/41	19/27	44/68
% 2nd pts	61%	70%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/7	2/3	4/10
Converted %	29%	67%	40%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	4/4	5/5	9
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Imamura
	R1 Trongcharoenchaikul	R2 Rodionov	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	16	32
pts	67-40	55-40	122-80
Total points	107	95	202
Winners	21	20	41
%Winners	31%	36%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	22/36	26/49	48/85
% 1st in	61%	53%	56%
1st pts	21/22	20/26	41/48
% 1st pts	95%	77%	85%
2nd pts	11/14	14/23	25/37
% 2nd pts	79%	61%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/14	4/4	8/18
Converted %	29%	100%	44%
Conceded	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	4/4	4
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

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