James McCabe vs Yannick MertensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
James McCabe and Yannick Mertens have met 1 time since 2023; James McCabe leads 1–0. Across all meetings McCabe has taken 2 sets to Mertens's 0. Their most recent meeting: James McCabe won at Lille (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | McCabe | Mertens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | James McCabe | Yannick Mertens | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 69% | 24/35 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 33% | 10/30 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 21/65 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 19/41 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 58% | 14/24 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 47% | 16/34 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 27/33 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 24/33 | — | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (McCabe 1, Mertens 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
McCabe
🤖 Servebot
Mertens
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 767 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Mar 26, 2023
Lille
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–9 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.90 | - |
| ROI % | -48.1% | - |
| Units P/L | -6.25u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 2 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Noah Zamora
M25 East Lansing · 1st Round
Aug 12
Dusan Lajovic
Lexington Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 4
Duncan Chan
Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 22
Bernard Tomic
Lincoln Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Masamichi Imamura
Lincoln Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 15
Jason Jung
Newport Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 8
Roman Safiullin
Wimbledon · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Remy Bertola
Lexus Nottingham Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 14
James McCabe
Lille · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 26
Joao Domingues
Tenerife 3 · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 5
Lucas Gerch
Tenerife 1 · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 15
Arthur Cazaux
Roanne · 1st Round Qualifying
Nov 6
Jesper de Jong
Antwerp · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 16
Hugo Gaston
Rennes · Round of 32
Sep 13
Luke Johnson
Rennes · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 12
Ivan Liutarevich
Rennes · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 11
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 65–65 matches
| Metric | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | - |
| Sets won | 53% | - |
| Games won | 51% | - |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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