Yoshihito Nishioka and James McCabe will play each other in the semifinal of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm 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 Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.24
James McCabe -> 3.56

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. James McCabe

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

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 134, the Japanese reached the semifinal after defeating Shinji Hazawa 6-4 6-3, Jason Jung 7-5 6-2 and Akira Santillan 6-2 5-7 6-4.

In the quarter, Nishioka defeated Santillan (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match, Nishioka scored 89 points vs Santillan’s 68. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Yoshihito was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Santillan 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Nishioka has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (290-216). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has an aggregate 60-30 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Suzhou Challenger where he overcame Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-4.

Yoshihito has a composed 23-22 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Yoshihito has never competed in this tournament before.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 195, James got to the semifinal after beating Cing-Yang Meng 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5, Neil Oberleitner 6-4 6-4 and Masamichi Imamura 6-4 1-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The Australian defeated Imamura (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match McCabe scored 82 points vs Imamura’s 78. McCabe was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, McCabe struck 9 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James McCabe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 59% of his first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Imamura 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

McCabe has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

James has an overall 29-32 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nishioka	McCabe
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	69	81
Pts	234-178	261-232
Total Points	412	493
Winners	89	105
%Winners	38%	40%

Both Nishioka and McCabe played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yoshihito Nishioka surrendered 1 set, while James McCabe lost 2 sets. Nishioka has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (7 vs 8). Therefore, Nishioka played 12 games less than McCabe. Yoshihito scored 89 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 105 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nishioka	McCabe
Aces	8	38
Avg per match	2.7	12.7
1st in	117/196	146/246
%1st in	60%	59%
1st pts	89/117	105/146
%1st pts	76%	72%
2nd pts	46/79	64/100
%2nd pts	58%	64%

Nishioka struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). McCabe struck 38 aces (12.7 per match). Nishioka won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nishioka	McCabe
Won	13	8
Converted	13/19	8/16
% Converted	68%	50%
Conceded	17	15
Saved	11	11
% Saved	65%	73%
Times Broken	6	4

Nishioka broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishioka
	R1 Hazawa	R2 Jung	1/4 Santillan	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-5 6-2	6-2 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	20	30	69
pts	71-59	74-51	89-68	234-178
Total points	130	125	157	412
Winners	31	21	37	89
%Winners	44%	28%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	1	8
Double Faults	1	1	0	2
1st in	45/73	26/50	46/73	117/196
% 1st in	62%	52%	63%	60%
1st pts	31/45	21/26	37/46	89/117
% 1st pts	69%	81%	80%	76%
2nd pts	16/28	15/24	15/27	46/79
% 2nd pts	57%	63%	56%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	5	5	13
Converted	3/6	5/8	5/5	13/19
Converted %	50%	63%	100%	68%
Conceded	7	2	8	17
Saved	6/7	0/2	5/8	11
Saved %	86%	0%	63%	50%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

McCabe
	R1 Meng	R2 Oberleitner	1/4 Imamura	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 7-5	6-4 6-4	6-4 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	35	20	26	81
pts	114-99	65-55	82-78	261-232
Total points	213	120	160	493
Winners	51	27	27	105
%Winners	45%	42%	33%	40%
SERVE
Aces	20	9	9	38
Double Faults	1	2	0	3
1st in	62/103	38/65	46/78	146/246
% 1st in	60%	58%	59%	59%
1st pts	51/62	27/38	27/46	105/146
% 1st pts	82%	71%	59%	72%
2nd pts	25/41	19/27	20/32	64/100
% 2nd pts	61%	70%	63%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4	8
Converted	2/7	2/3	4/6	8/16
Converted %	29%	67%	67%	50%
Conceded	4	5	6	15
Saved	4/4	5/5	2/6	11
Saved %	100%	100%	33%	78%
Times Broken	0	0	4	4

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Cheng-Peng Hsieh/Akira SantillanHsieh/Akira Santillan – Pruchya Isarow/Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaIsarow/Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-4 6-7⁴ 10-8) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – (2-0) – H2H and prediction