James Duckworth and Hugo Grenier will play each other in the quarter of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.57
Hugo Grenier -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Hugo Grenier
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Hugo Grenier since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 80, Duckworth got to the quarter after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-5 6-1 and Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-3 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 56 points vs Muller’s 33. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Muller 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (292-191). 12-8 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 185-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
James has an overall 23-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.
Hugo Grenier
Ranked no. 219 (career-high), the French player reached the quarter after beating Sarp Agabigun 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (6-4 6-4). During the match Grenier scored 62 points vs Donskoy’s 51. Grenier was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Grenier recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Grenier was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hugo broke Donskoy twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Grenier started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Hugo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Bakio.
Grenier has a compiled 30-21 win-loss record in 2021, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 49 |
| Pts | 120-72 | 152-132 |
| Total Points | 192 | 284 |
| Winners | 42 | 62 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Duckworth and Grenier played 2 matches. At the moment, Hugo Grenier lost 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Grenier (4 vs 5). Therefore, Duckworth played 13 games less than Grenier. James scored 42 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Grenier recorded 62 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 50/97 | 73/139 |
| %1st in | 52% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 62/73 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 39/66 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Duckworth recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Grenier made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Duckworth won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Grenier won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/10 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 90% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Duckworth broke his opponents 9 times with a 90% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 56-33 | 120-72 | |
| Total points | 103 | 89 | 192 | |
| Winners | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 22/47 | 50/97 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 47% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 18/22 | 42/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 82% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 13/25 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/5 | 9/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Grenier | ||||
| R1 Agabigun |
R2 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 62-51 | 152-132 | |
| Total points | 171 | 113 | 284 | |
| Winners | 36 | 26 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/85 | 30/54 | 73/139 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 56% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 26/30 | 62/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 87% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 14/24 | 39/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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