James Duckworth and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.143
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 5
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
This will be the 4th time that James Duckworth and Prajnesh Gunneswaran play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gunneswaran won 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) in the quarter in the Sultan 2 Challenger back in 2021.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-18 | 16-8 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 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. 114, James will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Polmans in the 1st round on the 18th of October.
Duckworth has an overall 19-23 win-loss record in 2022, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Cassis Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Duckworth has an overall 393-258 record. He has a positive 217-145 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 349, Prajnesh will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Sheffield where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Hussey in the semifinal on the 7th of October.
Prajnesh has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2022, 19-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Prajnesh’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Gunneswaran has an overall 296-196 record. He has a positive 203-111 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Luke SavilleSaville – Chanchin Sookton-EngSookton-Eng (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
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