James Duckworth and Tomas Machac will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Cassis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL CABESTO. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.65
James Duckworth -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Tomas Machac
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Tomas Machac face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.
Highlights James Duckworth vs Tomas Machac – Melbourne 02-February-2021
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-29 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Antoine Bellier 6-4 2-6 6-2, Gabriel Debru 7-64 6-4 and Borna Gojo 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Australian defeated Gojo (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 102 points vs Gojo’s 96. Duckworth was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 51% (25/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James broke Gojo 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (290-189). 9-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an overall 181-110 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Porto Challenger.
Duckworth has an overall 13-17 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cassis Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 126, Tomas reached the semifinal after beating Michael Geerts 6-2 6-3, Hiroki Moriya 2-6 6-4 6-3 and Zsombor Piros 4-6 7-65 6-1.
In the quarter against Piros, Machac recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-1). During the match Machac scored 109 points vs Piros’s 94. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Machac managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Piros 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Tomas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Traralgon Challenger and the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
Tomas has an overall 34-10 win-loss record in 2022, 24-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 74 |
| Pts | 269-239 | 261-223 |
| Total Points | 508 | 484 |
| Winners | 94 | 98 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Duckworth and Machac played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth dropped 2 sets, while Tomas Machac conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Machac have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Duckworth played 3 games more than Machac. Duckworth scored 94 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas blasted 98 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 121/224 | 148/224 |
| %1st in | 54% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 94/121 | 98/148 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 59/103 | 40/76 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Duckworth struck 23 aces (7.7 per match). Machac recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Duckworth won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/27 | 16/28 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 19 | 19 |
| Saved | 13 | 8 |
| % Saved | 68% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 11 |
The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. James lost his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Bellier |
R2 Debru |
1/4 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 28 | 77 | |
| pts | 78-73 | 89-70 | 102-96 | 269-239 | |
| Total points | 151 | 159 | 198 | 508 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 35 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/66 | 39/65 | 44/93 | 121/224 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 47% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 34/39 | 35/44 | 94/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 87% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 15/26 | 25/49 | 59/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 58% | 51% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/5 | 3/14 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 21% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 5/6 | 7/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 83% | 78% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Machac | |||||
| R1 Geerts |
R2 Moriya |
1/4 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 30 | 74 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 85-81 | 109-94 | 261-223 | |
| Total points | 115 | 166 | 203 | 484 | |
| Winners | 20 | 32 | 46 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 51/81 | 69/97 | 148/224 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 71% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 32/51 | 46/69 | 98/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 63% | 67% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 15/30 | 13/28 | 40/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 6/11 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 55% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/7 | 4/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 29% | 44% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
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