Luciano Darderi and James Duckworth will play each other in the 2nd round of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.78
James Duckworth -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. James Duckworth
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and James Duckworth since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luciano Darderi
35 - 24win/loss
23
16
LLWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-24 | 12-11 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-30 | 6-11 | 30-11 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-31 | 1-9 | 34-15 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 3-3 | 45-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 0-1 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Darderi will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Tsitsipas in the 2nd round on the 10th of October.
The Italian has an overall 35-24 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Santiago where he overcame Yannick Hanfmann in the final 7-6(6) 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 253-170 record. He has a negative 1-9 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
James Duckworth
27 - 27win/loss
73
46
WLLLLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-27 | 13-17 | 11-5 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-34 | 25-20 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 73, James got to the 2nd round after beating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-4 6-3). During the match Duckworth scored 61 points vs Kecmanovic’s 52. James was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Mexico City Challenger where he defeated Stefano Napolitano in the final 6-7(7) 7-6(3) 6-2.
The Australian has a compiled 27-27 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander Donski/Filip PieczonkaDonski/Filip Pieczonka – Arthur Reymond/Luca SanchezReymond/Luca Sanchez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-73 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Jason Murray Kubler/John PeersMurray Kubler/John Peers – Luciano Darderi/Tomas Martin EtcheverryDarderi/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4-6 7-68 10-5) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
