James Duckworth and Mikael Ymer will play each other in the qualifications of the Viking International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.9
James Duckworth -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Mikael Ymer
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Mikael Ymer play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ymer won 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in May 2022.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 18-14 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, Duckworth got to the qualifications after defeating Daniel Cox 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Cox (6-3 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 56 points vs Cox’s 34. Duckworth was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Duckworth was pretty effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Cox 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (278-180). 1-3 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 25-24 record in the last years on grass.
Duckworth has an overall 1-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Swede got to the qualifications after beating Alastair Gray 6-76 7-5 7-63.
In the qualifications against Gray, The Swede recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 7-63). During the match Ymer scored 140 points vs Gray’s 132. Mikael was pretty aggressive to blast 68 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (68/99) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Gray 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
The Swede’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Montpellier.
Ymer has a compiled 8-10 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 38 |
| Pts | 56-34 | 140-132 |
| Total Points | 90 | 272 |
| Winners | 23 | 68 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Duckworth and Ymer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikael Ymer lost 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Ymer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 22 games less than Ymer. James scored 23 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mikael scored 68 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 99/133 |
| %1st in | 61% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 68/99 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 44% |
Duckworth bagged 6 aces . Ymer scored 3 aces . Duckworth won 92% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 28% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Duckworth broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Duckworth quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mikael broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| Q1 Cox |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-34 | 56-34 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ymer | |||
| Q1 Gray |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 140-132 | 140-132 | |
| Total points | 272 | 272 | |
| Winners | 68 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 99/133 | 99/133 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 68/99 | 68/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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