Jannik Sinner and James Duckworth will square off in the quarter of the Sofia Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.28
James Duckworth -> 4
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and James Duckworth square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2021.
Highlights James Duckworth vs Jannik Sinner – Toronto 11-August-2021
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Jannik got to the quarter after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-2 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-2 7-63). During the match, Sinner scored 75 points vs Gerasimov’s 56. Sinner was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sinner scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jannik Sinner was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Gerasimov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Sinner has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (147-77). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has a compiled46-15 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Washington where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 7-5 4-6 7-5.
The Italian has an aggregate 34-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 56 (career-high), James reached the quarter after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Benoit Paire 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-4 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 69 points vs Paire’s 53. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Paire 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Istanbul 2 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-2.
Duckworth has a compiled 32-19 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 49 |
| Pts | 75-56 | 169-156 |
| Total Points | 131 | 325 |
| Winners | 29 | 65 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Sinner played 1 match while Duckworth competed in 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sinner has played 3 set(s) less than Duckworth (2 vs 5). Therefore, Sinner played 28 games less than Duckworth. The Italian scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 65 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 90/154 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 65/90 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 29/64 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Sinner bagged 4 aces . Duckworth struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Sinner won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | |||
| R2 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-56 | 75-56 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/67 | 36/67 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 100-103 | 69-53 | 169-156 | |
| Total points | 203 | 122 | 325 | |
| Winners | 44 | 21 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 30% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 60/102 | 30/52 | 90/154 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 21/30 | 65/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/42 | 14/22 | 29/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 64% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/12 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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