James Duckworth and Tung-Lin Wu will fight against each other in the final of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.43
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Tung-Lin Wu
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Tung-Lin Wu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2019.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 80, Duckworth got to the final after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-5 6-1, Alexandre Muller 6-3 6-2, Hugo Grenier 6-3 6-3 and Quentin Halys 6-79 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal against Halys, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-3 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 111 points vs Halys’s 102. James was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was very efficient on serve to win 81% (52/64) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Halys 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (294-191). 14-8 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an aggregate 187-111 record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul 2 Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 25-18 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
Ranked no. 295, Wu reached the final after defeating Tatsuma Ito 6-3 6-2, Marc Polmans 6-2 3-6 6-1, Aldin Setkic 6-3 6-2 and Borna Gojo 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the semifinal, Tung-Lin defeated Gojo (6-4 3-6 6-4).-92) than Gojo. In fact, the world no. 80 won 92 points vs Gojo’s. That means that Wu was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Wu struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Gojo 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Wu’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul 2 Challenger.
Tung-Lin has a compiled 17-21 win-loss record in 2021, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 87 |
| Pts | 296-217 | 306-268 |
| Total Points | 513 | 574 |
| Winners | 111 | 131 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Duckworth and Wu played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth dropped 1 set, while Tung-Lin Wu lost 2 sets. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (9 vs 10). Therefore, Duckworth played 1 game less than Wu. The Australian scored 111 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tung-Lin managed to score 131 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 134/258 | 177/279 |
| %1st in | 52% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 111/134 | 131/177 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 70/124 | 50/102 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 49% |
Duckworth bagged 16 aces (4 per match). Wu struck 22 aces (5.5 per match). Duckworth won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/28 | 15/41 |
| % Converted | 57% | 37% |
| Conceded | 18 | 21 |
| Saved | 13 | 16 |
| % Saved | 72% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 15 times with a 37% conversion rate. Tung-Lin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Muller |
1/4 Grenier |
1/2 Halys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-79 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 18 | 32 | 86 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 56-33 | 65-43 | 111-102 | 296-217 | |
| Total points | 103 | 89 | 108 | 213 | 513 | |
| Winners | 24 | 18 | 17 | 52 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 26% | 47% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 22/47 | 20/53 | 64/108 | 134/258 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 47% | 38% | 59% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 18/22 | 17/20 | 52/64 | 111/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 82% | 85% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 13/25 | 20/33 | 23/44 | 70/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 61% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/5 | 4/11 | 3/7 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 100% | 36% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 9/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 67% | 90% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wu | ||||||
| R1 Ito |
R2 Polmans |
1/4 Setkic |
1/2 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 87 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 89-74 | 59-48 | 92-96 | 306-268 | |
| Total points | 116 | 163 | 107 | 188 | 574 | |
| Winners | 27 | 36 | 30 | 38 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 51% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 49/75 | 40/63 | 54/85 | 177/279 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 36/49 | 30/40 | 38/54 | 131/177 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 75% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 14/26 | 12/23 | 14/31 | 50/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 54% | 52% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 4/14 | 15/41 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 43% | 29% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 7/10 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 100% | 70% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
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