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 | 67% | 24/36 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 10/31 | — | |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 22/67 | — | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 20/43 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 54% | 13/24 | — | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 17/37 | — | |
| 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
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 53% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 1,590 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward James McCabe.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
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 | 0–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.05 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -7.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | McCabe | Mertens |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | CHN | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Hayato Matsuoka
Jinan Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 12
Siddhant Banthia
Jinan Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Federico Cina
Jingshan Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 30
Lukas Neumayer
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Noah Zamora
M25 East Lansing · 1st Round
Aug 12
Dusan Lajovic
Lexington Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 4
Alex Bolt
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Duncan Chan
Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 22
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 Challenger · 1st Round
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 · 67–67 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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