James McCabe (tennis)

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James McCabe
McCabe at the 2025 Washington Open
Country (sports) Australia
Born (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003
Iba, Philippines
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPatrick McCabe, Wally Masur
Prize moneyUS $787,074
Singles
Career record1–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 164 (14 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 233 (18 May 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2025)
French OpenQ1 (2025, 2026)
Wimbledon1R (2025)
US OpenQ2 (2025)
Doubles
Career record2–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 302 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 356 (18 May 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2026)
Last updated on: 19 May 2026.

James Fernandez McCabe (born 5 July 2003) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 164 achieved on 14 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 302 achieved on 31 July 2023.[1]

Early life

McCabe was born in Iba, Philippines to an Irish father and a Filipina mother.[2] He holds dual Irish and Australian citizenship.[3] At six months of age he moved to Sydney, Australia where he was raised. McCabe broke the national U10 beep test record in 2013,[4] was crowned the Australian national junior 200m butterfly swimming champion, won the 2019 U16 Australian national championship in tennis[5] as well as being an accomplished flautist with an AMusA (Associate in Music, Australia) diploma.[6]

Professional career

2021

McCabe began competing in professional events in late 2021 and was able to reach the quarterfinals of the first ITF Futures event he entered in Tunisia in October 2021 after winning all three matches in the qualifying draw. He continued playing Tunisian ITF Futures tournaments for the remainder of the 2021 season which included a second quarterfinal appearance in November and his results during this period boosted his singles ranking to finish the year at No.1209.

2022–23

In January 2022, he was rewarded for strong finish to the 2021 season with a main draw wildcard into his first ATP Challenger in Bendigo as well as a qualifying wildcard into the 2022 Australian Open. McCabe was also rewarded with a main draw wildcard entry into the doubles draw and partnered Alex Bolt.[7] The pair were defeated in the first round by eventual champions Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

McCabe won his first professional tournament in February 2022 when he defeated Dane Sweeny in the final of the ITF Futures tournament in Canberra and followed it up the a second Futures title the following month in Bendigo.

He spent the 2022 season playing on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger circuits and was able to improve his singles ranking to No. 405 in 2022 and No. 272 in 2023.

2024–26: ATP, Grand Slam debuts and first win, top 200

McCabe at the 2026 Libéma Open

In January 2024, it was announced McCabe was awarded a wildcard for the 2024 Australian Open main draw singles event making his Grand Slam debut.[8]

He entered the main draw of the 2024 Adelaide International as a lucky loser, making his ATP debut. He also entered the main draw of the 2024 Hangzhou Open as a lucky loser.

Ranked No. 258, McCabe was awarded a consecutive main draw wildcard at the 2025 Australian Open where he recorded his first Grand Slam win in straight sets over qualifier Martín Landaluce.[9][10]

At his Wimbledon qualifying debut, he won three matches including a victory over world No. 107 Tomás Barrios Vera to achieve his first Wimbledon main draw entry.[11]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament! 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 1R 2R Q2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A 0 / 0 0-0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH Q2 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Tunis Open, Tunisia Challenger Clay Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa France Théo Arribagé
France Luca Sanchez		 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 M25 Canberra, Australia WTT Hard Australia Dane Sweeny 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2022 M25 Bendigo, Australia WTT Hard Australia Omar Jasika 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2024 M25 Nottingham, UK WTT Grass United Kingdom George Loffhagen 6–0, 6–1
Win 2–2 Aug 2024 M25 Roehampton, UK WTT Hard Japan Masamichi Imamura 7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 M25 Cairns, Australia WTT Hard Australia Adam Walton United States Kyle Seelig
Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair		 4–6, 2–6

References