James McCabe and Marc Polmans will square off in the 2^nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.64
Marc Polmans -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head James McCabe vs. Marc Polmans

This will be the 2^nd time that James McCabe and Marc Polmans clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McCabe (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, McCabe won 7-5 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Bengaluru Challenger back in 2023.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 194, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Blaise Bicknell 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (6-4 6-1). During the match, McCabe scored 62 points vs Bicknell’s 34. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, McCabe managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James McCabe was quite efficient on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Bicknell 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

McCabe has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (173-129). 23-27 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, McCabe has an overall141-93 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

James’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger,the Taipei Challenger and the Sydney Challenger.

McCabe has a compiled 33-35 win-loss record in 2025, 23-27 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Marc Polmans

Ranked no. 415, Marc reached the 2^nd round after beating Hayato Matsuoka 4-6 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Matsuoka, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Polmans scored 92 points vs Matsuoka’s 88. Polmans was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Polmans made 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Polmans broke Matsuoka 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Polmans’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Tamworth,M25 Perth and M25 Brisbane.

Marc has an overall 37-21 win-loss record in 2025, 33-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019 and 2024. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McCabe	Polmans
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	27
Pts	62-34	92-88
Total Points	96	180
Winners	23	48
%Winners	37%	52%

Both McCabe and Polmans played 1 match. At the moment, Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set while James McCabe hasn’t conceded a set so far. McCabe has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (2 vs 3). Therefore, McCabe played 10 games less than Polmans. James scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Marc made 48 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McCabe	Polmans
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	25/36	70/100
%1st in	69%	70%
1st pts	23/25	48/70
%1st pts	92%	69%
2nd pts	9/11	13/30
%2nd pts	82%	43%

McCabe made 4 aces . Polmans struck 2 aces . McCabe won 92% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McCabe	Polmans
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
% Converted	44%	44%
Conceded	0	9
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	78%
Times Broken	0	2

The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. James pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Polmans broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

McCabe
	R1 Bicknell	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	62-34	62-34
Total points	96	96
Winners	23	23
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	25/36	25/36
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	23/25	23/25
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	9/11	9/11
% 2nd pts	82%	82%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Polmans
	R1 Matsuoka	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	92-88	92-88
Total points	180	180
Winners	48	48
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	70/100	70/100
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	48/70	48/70
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	13/30	13/30
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

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