James McCabe and Karan Singh will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on KRA. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James McCabe is the pick to win this match.
James McCabe -> 1.25
Karan Singh -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Karan Singh

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

James McCabe

Ranked no. 196, McCabe reached the 2^nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-4 6-3). During the match, McCabe scored 66 points vs Moriya’s 48. James was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, McCabe managed to score 12 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, James McCabe was quite effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Moriya 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

McCabe has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (170-128). 20-26 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, McCabe has an overall138-92 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

McCabe’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Taipei Challenger.

James has an overall 30-34 win-loss record in 2025, 20-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Karan Singh

Ranked no. 467, Karan reached the 2^nd round after beating Aryan Shah 7-6(2) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Karan had a good straight sets win against Shah (7-6² 6-3). During the match Singh scored 67 points vs Shah’s 53. Singh was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Singh managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Karan Singh was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karan broke Shah twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Singh’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Tehran,M15 Tashkent and M15 Monastir.

Karan has a composed 39-27 win-loss record in 2025, 30-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Karan has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Singh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	22
Pts	66-48	67-53
Total Points	114	120
Winners	24	29
%Winners	36%	43%

Both McCabe and Singh played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, McCabe and Singh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, McCabe played 3 games less than Singh. McCabe scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Karan blasted 29 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Singh
Aces	12	10
Avg per match	12	10
1st in	30/51	36/57
%1st in	59%	63%
1st pts	24/30	29/36
%1st pts	80%	81%
2nd pts	13/21	14/21
%2nd pts	62%	67%

McCabe fired 12 aces . Singh made 10 aces . McCabe won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Singh won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Singh
Won	3	2
Converted	3/9	2/5
% Converted	33%	40%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	1	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. McCabe dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Singh broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Karan conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

McCabe
	R1 Moriya	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-48	66-48
Total points	114	114
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	30/51	30/51
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Singh
	R1 Shah	Total
Score	7-62 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	67-53	67-53
Total points	120	120
Winners	29	29
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/57	36/57
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	29/36	29/36
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	14/21	14/21
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

• Philip SekulicSekulic – Emile HuddHudd (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Blake EllisEllis – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-7⁰ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Hayden JonesJones (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Cruz HewittHewitt – Omar JasikaJasika (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dane SweenySweeny – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Karan SinghSingh – Aryan ShahShah (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Tai SachSach – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Hayden JonesJones (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Emile HuddHudd (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Blake EllisEllis – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-7(0) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Cruz HewittHewitt – Omar JasikaJasika (3-6 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tai SachSach – Blake EllisEllis (0-1) – H2H and prediction