James McCabe and Cruz Hewitt will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PAT RAFTER ARENA. 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 2 sets.
James McCabe -> 1.188
Cruz Hewitt -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Cruz Hewitt
There is no head to head record between James McCabe and Cruz Hewitt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James McCabe
29 - 33win/loss
196
164
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-34 | 22-26 | 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 Brisbane 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he lost 6-2 5-7 6-1 to Nishioka in the semifinal on the 8th of November.
McCabe has a composed 29-33 win-loss record in 2025, 19-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
James’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Taipei Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 169-127 record. He has a positive 137-91 record on hard.
Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
Cruz Hewitt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-17 | 17-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 818, Cruz will start his run in the Brisbane 3 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Brisbane where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Emil in the 1st round on the 29th of October.
The Australian has an overall 15-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Cruz’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Launceston.
In terms of his career, Hewitt has an overall 24-25 record. He has a negative 24-25 record on hard.
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- Bernard TomicTomic – Li TuTu (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dane SweenySweeny – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Bernard TomicTomic – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Emile HuddHudd (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Jake DelaneyDelaney (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tai SachSach – Dane SweenySweeny (0-2) – H2H and prediction