John Millman and James Duckworth will square off in the quarter of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.85
John Millman -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 2nd time that John Millman and James Duckworth clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Millman (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Millman won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Beijing back in 2015.
John Millman
Ranked no. 48, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Dmitry Popko 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 6-75 7-5.
In the 2nd round, John defeated Munar Clar (6-4 6-75 7-5). During the match, Millman scored 116 points vs Munar Clar’s 101. John was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Millman recorded 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, John Millman was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Munar Clar 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Millman has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (299-201). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Millman has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
John has an aggregate 16-20 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 65 (career-high), James got to the quarter after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-63 6-1 and Filip Krajinovic 7-62 6-3.
In the 2nd round, James had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (7-62 6-3). During the match Duckworth scored 69 points vs Krajinovic’s 56. James was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth struck 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Krajinovic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James 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 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Istanbul 2 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-2.
Duckworth has a compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Millman | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 42 |
| Pts | 200-176 | 137-109 |
| Total Points | 376 | 246 |
| Winners | 83 | 53 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Millman and Duckworth played 2 matches. At the moment, John Millman lost 2 sets while James Duckworth hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Millman has played 2 sets more than Duckworth (6 vs 4). Therefore, Millman played 19 games more than Duckworth. John scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 53 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Millman | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 120/186 | 63/110 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 83/120 | 53/63 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 35/66 | 31/47 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 66% |
Millman struck 6 aces (3 per match). Duckworth managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Millman won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Millman | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 63% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 54% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Millman broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. John conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Millman | ||||
| R1 Popko |
R2 Munar Clar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-75 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| pts | 84-75 | 116-101 | 200-176 | |
| Total points | 159 | 217 | 376 | |
| Winners | 42 | 41 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 63/87 | 57/99 | 120/186 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 41/57 | 83/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 72% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 25/42 | 35/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 60% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/10 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 25% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Kukushkin |
R2 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 69-56 | 137-109 | |
| Total points | 121 | 125 | 246 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 31/54 | 63/110 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/31 | 53/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 87% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 18/23 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 78% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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