James Duckworth and Soon-Woo Kwon will face off in the final of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTER 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 Soon-Woo Kwon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Soon-Woo Kwon is the pick to win this match.
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 1.89
James Duckworth -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Soon-Woo Kwon since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 65 (career-high), the Australian got to the final after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-63 6-1, Filip Krajinovic 7-62 6-3, John Millman 6-4 6-4 and Ilya Ivashka 6-3 7-64.
In the semifinal, James had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-3 7-64). During the match, Duckworth scored 83 points vs Ivashka’s 76. James was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (28/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Ivashka twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (299-191). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an aggregate 20-18 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Istanbul 2 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-2.
Duckworth has a compiled 30-18 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 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.
Soon-Woo Kwon
Ranked no. 82, Soon-Woo got to the final after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-3, Dusan Lajovic 7-5 6-4, Laslo Djere 7-64 2-6 6-0 and Alexander Bublik 3-6 7-5 6-3.
In the semifinal against Bublik, Kwon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Kwon scored 101 points vs Bublik’s 95. Kwon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Kwon struck 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Bublik 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kwon 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.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Biella 2 Challenger where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Korean has an aggregate 26-18 win-loss record in 2021, 13-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Soon-Woo has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 98 |
| Pts | 289-246 | 316-282 |
| Total Points | 535 | 598 |
| Winners | 111 | 128 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Duckworth and Kwon played 4 matches. At the moment, Soon-Woo Kwon dropped 2 sets while James Duckworth hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Duckworth has played 2 set(s) less than Kwon (8 vs 10). Therefore, Duckworth played 14 games less than Kwon. Duckworth scored 111 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Soon-Woo made 128 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 141/270 | 190/299 |
| %1st in | 52% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 111/141 | 128/190 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 77/129 | 65/109 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 60% |
Duckworth recorded 24 aces (6 per match). Kwon made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Duckworth won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 15 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 |
| Saved | 17 | 12 |
| % Saved | 85% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Soon-Woo broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||||
| R1 Kukushkin |
R2 Krajinovic |
1/4 Millman |
1/2 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 84 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 69-56 | 69-61 | 83-76 | 289-246 | |
| Total points | 121 | 125 | 130 | 159 | 535 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 42% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 31/54 | 37/71 | 41/89 | 141/270 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 52% | 46% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/31 | 29/37 | 29/41 | 111/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 87% | 78% | 71% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 18/23 | 18/34 | 28/48 | 77/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 78% | 53% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 60% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 5/6 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 88% | 83% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kwon | ||||||
| R1 Donskoy |
R2 Lajovic |
1/4 Djere |
1/2 Bublik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | 7-64 2-6 6-0 | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 98 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 75-64 | 74-74 | 101-95 | 316-282 | |
| Total points | 115 | 139 | 148 | 196 | 598 | |
| Winners | 24 | 33 | 22 | 49 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 30% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 44/68 | 40/74 | 75/105 | 190/299 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 54% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 33/44 | 22/40 | 49/75 | 128/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 55% | 65% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 12/24 | 18/34 | 20/30 | 65/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 50% | 53% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 6/11 | 3/7 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 55% | 43% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/7 | 8/10 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 29% | 80% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
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