James Duckworth and Aidan Mchugh will square off in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT CARLSBERG. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.36
Aidan Mchugh -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Aidan Mchugh
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Aidan Mchugh since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-18 | 16-8 | 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. 74, Duckworth reached the quarter after defeating Pedro Araujo 6-3 6-4 and Antoine Bellier 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-2 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 56 points vs Bellier’s 32. Duckworth was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth made 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth was quite effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Bellier 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (281-182). 2-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 174-104 match record in the last years on hard.
James has a composed 4-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Aidan Mchugh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 52-30 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 23-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 34-15 | 7-5 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356, Aidan reached the quarter after defeating Dominik Palan 6-2 3-6 6-1, Alexander Donski 6-2 7-68, Mirza Basic 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-65 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Aidan had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (7-65 6-1). During the match Mchugh scored 76 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 62. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Mchugh made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aidan Mchugh lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mchugh put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Ferreira Silva 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Brit’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Loughborough and M25 Glasgow.
Aidan has a compiled 22-12 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 93 |
| Pts | 119-79 | 325-256 |
| Total Points | 198 | 581 |
| Winners | 40 | 128 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Duckworth played 2 matches while Mchugh competed in 4 matches. Mchugh started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aidan Mchugh conceded 2 sets while James Duckworth hasn’t dropped a set so far. Duckworth has played 6 set(s) less than Mchugh (4 vs 10). Therefore, Duckworth played 59 games less than Mchugh. James scored 40 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Mchugh recorded 128 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 53/94 | 170/258 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 128/170 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 55/88 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 63% |
Duckworth scored 12 aces (6 per match). Mchugh made 25 aces (6.3 per match). Duckworth won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Mchugh won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 15/35 |
| % Converted | 47% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
James broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Duckworth dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Araujo |
R2 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 56-32 | 119-79 | |
| Total points | 110 | 88 | 198 | |
| Winners | 22 | 18 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 22/35 | 53/94 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 18/22 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 10/13 | 28/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 77% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mchugh | ||||||
| Q1 Palan |
Q3 Donski |
R1 Basic |
R2 Ferreira Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-2 7-68 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 93 | |
| pts | 83-52 | 78-64 | 88-78 | 76-62 | 325-256 | |
| Total points | 135 | 142 | 166 | 138 | 581 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 40% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 50/66 | 39/66 | 44/68 | 170/258 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 76% | 59% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 32/50 | 35/39 | 31/44 | 128/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 64% | 90% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 12/16 | 14/27 | 12/24 | 55/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 75% | 52% | 50% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/5 | 3/11 | 4/11 | 15/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 80% | 27% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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