Frances Tiafoe and James Duckworth will square off in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.3
James Duckworth -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 4th time that Frances Tiafoe and James Duckworth square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Duckworth won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the quarter in the Maui Challenger back in 2016.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Francis will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-5 7-6(5) to O in the 2nd round on the 23rd of March.
Tiafoe has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Francis’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 348-240 record. He has a positive 104-59 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
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. 105, James got to the 2nd round after defeating Gijs Brouwer 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-3 6-3). During the match Duckworth scored 75 points vs Brouwer’s 65. James was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James Duckworth lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 57% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. James broke Brouwer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
James has an aggregate 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos GironMarcos – Jeff WolfJeff (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (3-1) – H2H and prediction
