Uncover all the data around staking market for the James McCabe vs Rinky Hijikata game for the Sydney Challenger 2025 on the November 21, 2025, here. We reveal the James McCabe vs Rinky Hijikata forecasts, best bets & odds markets for this fixture in the our report beneath.
Prediction Based On Odds: Rinky Hijikata to win
- Calculated via the bookies odds, Rinky Hijikata is the favorite to get the victory in this fixture with a 60.26% chance to win. Is this a reliable prediction? We think so, due to Bookies has their metrics figured out:
James McCabe → 2.35
Rinky Hijikata → 1.55Prediction Chance Of Win Rinky Hijikata 60.26 % James McCabe 39.74 % Above is calculated from odds. Login now to reveal our expert predictions.
- Based on the odds for total games, the bookmakers suggest over 22 with odds of 1.9 and an implied probability of 52.63%. This implies the game is expected to be closely contested, possibly featuring multiple games.
over 22 → 1.9
Prediction Over/Under over_22 52.63 % Above is implied from odds. Login now to discover our expert picks.
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Prediction Based On Head-to-Head: A 50/50 call
| Team | Head-To-Head Match Wins |
|---|---|
| James McCabe | 1 |
| Rinky Hijikata | 1 |
H2H: James McCabe (1 – 1) Rinky Hijikata.
It’s Nip and tuck! Can either team break the deadlock? In the last 2 head-to-head encounters between them, both players share an equal record. Our head to head analysis goes back to the fixture between them in 2023. This implies that the scheduled match is up for grabs. Their most recent meeting happened on the Wed, 29 Jan 25, when James McCabe secured a 6-7 – 4-5 victory.
Will this be the tiebreaker? Both James McCabe and Rinky Hijikata share the same number of wins. This next game will be a battle for dominance.
Prediction Based On Recent Form: James McCabe to win
Looking at recent form before this fixture, James McCabe won facing Karan Singh with a result of 6-6/3-2. Rinky Hijikata secured victory against Carl Emil Overbeck with a result of 7-7/6(3)-6(2). James McCabe have prevailed in 6 of their recent 10 games in all competitions, while Rinky Hijikata got the victory in 5 of their recent 10 fixtures versus all opponents, suggesting perhaps James McCabe is in better shape approaching this match.
Recent Form Prediction: James McCabe
- James McCabe has won 7 of the last 10 matches played, while Rinky Hijikata has secured 6 victories over the same range.
- James McCabe has been winning 43% of their own second serve points, and 43% of their opponents, while Rinky Hijikata has won 47% of their second serve points and 43% of their opponents.
- James McCabe comes into this match having won a 1 hour 3 min battle vs Karan Singh in which he managed to win 46% of return points (51/112), hitting 19 aces himself during the match.
- Rinky Hijikata comes into this match having won a 1 hour 36 min battle vs Carl Emil Overbeck in which he managed to win 37% of return points (61/167), hitting 8 aces himself during the match.
- In this event so far James McCabe has been holding serve 94% of the time (17/18), while Rinky Hijikata has held their serve 89% of the time (25/28.
Career Performance Prediction: James McCabe
- James McCabe has a career high ranking of 196, while Rinky Hijikata has a career high rank of 127.
- James McCabe has claimed 2 Career titles and career earnings of $3,58,055, versus 10 trophies for Rinky Hijikata and $12,76,340 prize money.
- James McCabe has a 61% deciding set win % (44/72), compared to 56% for Rinky Hijikata (49/88)
- The 1st serve of James McCabe has resulted in him winning 60% of points, and Rinky Hijikata has won 58% of their first serve points.
- Second serve points won, is 50% for James McCabe and 50% for Rinky Hijikata.
- After losing the first set, James McCabe manages to turn the match around and win it 22% of the time, and Rinky Hijikata has a 30% record in eventually winning the match.
