ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Jiangxi Open
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ilagan
🛡️ The Spoiler
McCabe
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for James McCabe here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ilagan | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 13–6 | 8–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.24 | 2.14 |
| ROI % | +12.0% | -2.3% |
| Units P/L | +2.28u | -0.35u |
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Ilagan
1
McCabe
Apr 29, 2026
Jiangxi Open
? - · Round of 32
Mar 12, 2026
Yokkaichi Challenger
H Hard · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
McCabe has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Ilagan's 44%).
| Opponent | Ilagan | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Walton | L 57 16 | L 36 67 |
| Fajing Sun | W 63 76 | L 46 46 |
| Martin Damm | L 67 57 | W 36 63 64 |
| Dane Sweeny | L 36 76 46 | W 67 61 76 |
| Jason Jung | W 64 64 | W 67 64 62 |
| Hiroki Moriya | W 62 76 | W 64 63 |
| Matthew Dellavedova | W 63 60 | W 62 67 63 |
| Blake Ellis | L 67 67 | L 76 46 36 |
| Tristan Schoolkate | L 16 63 26 | L 63 67 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Ilagan | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.2% | 61.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 71.7% | 72.1% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.5% | 52.8% |
| Aces / Match | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 63.6% | 62.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.5% | 24.7% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.4% | 44.7% |
| BP Converted % | 36.9% | 28.6% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 21.3 | 16.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 41.3 | 28.5 |
| Net Pts Won % | 60.5% | 55% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.7% | 48.7% |
Last five matches per player
Adam Walton
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Final
Jun 7
Karl Poling
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Semifinals
Jun 6
Yuta Shimizu
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Edas Butvilas
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Fajing Sun
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Match summary
Andre Ilagan meets James McCabe in the Round of 32 at the Jiangxi Open on April 28, a hard court event in China. Ilagan, ranked 342nd, has won his last two matches after playing three times in two weeks. McCabe, ranked 230th, has lost his last match and played four times in the past fortnight.
The two have met once before, with McCabe winning that encounter. Over their last five matches, both players have won 60% of their outings; McCabe's record on hard courts stands at 13-7 (65%), while Ilagan sits at 10-10 (50%). Both fell to Blake Ellis and Tristan Schoolkate in recent play.
McCabe relies on heavy baseline hitting and aggressive shot-making, a style that has produced solid results on hard courts. Ilagan builds points through reactive, positional tennis, reading pace and angles before striking. The matchup will test whether McCabe's power can dictate the rally or whether Ilagan's retrieval and counter-attacking can disrupt the rhythm.
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