Daniel Evans and James Duckworth will square off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Evans who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Evans is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Evans -> 1.27
James Duckworth -> 3.76

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Evans vs. James Duckworth

This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Evans and James Duckworth fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Evans (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Evans won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Stockton Challenger back in 2018.

Daniel Evans

Daniel Evans

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
188
High
21
LWWLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-25 8-10 6-7 1-3 7-5 0-0
2024 18-26 8-11 3-8 4-3 3-4 0-0
2023 19-27 11-15 5-7 2-2 1-3 0-0
2022 35-27 19-13 4-7 6-4 6-3 0-0
2021 27-24 12-11 6-6 3-4 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 23, the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Jiri Vesely 6-4 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Evans had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-4 6-1 6-1). During the match, Evans scored 87 points vs Vesely’s 52. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Evans fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Evans was extremely efficient on serve to win 91% (31/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Vesely 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Evans has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (329-190). 15-9 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Evans has a composed 155-87 record in the last years on hard.

Daniel’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nottingham Challenger.

Daniel has an overall 25-19 win-loss record in 2022, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Evans's Record

James Duckworth

James Duckworth

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
86
High
46
LWWWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-34 25-20 6-4 10-4 5-6 0-0
2024 42-29 23-14 2-3 7-7 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

Ranked no. 83, Duckworth reached the 2nd round after beating Christopher O Connell 4-6 7-60 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round against O Connell, Duckworth recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-60 6-2 6-3). During the match Duckworth scored 122 points vs O Connell’s 105. James was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Duckworth made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (47/62) of his 1st serve and 65% (33/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke O Connell 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Duckworth’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Porto Challenger.

James has an aggregate 10-16 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.

U.S. Open
Duckworth's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Evans
J.Duckworth
1h:55
1h:55
Time on court​
2h:46
2h:46
1h:55
1h:55
Last match​
!
2h:46
2h:46
1
1
Match played
1
1
24
24
Games Played​
40
40
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
87
87
Total points​
122
122
87
87
Avg point​
122
122
31
31
Winners
47
47
31
31
Avg Winners​
47
47
36%
36%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
10
10
!
11
11
Avg Aces
10
10
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
31/34
31/34
1st won total​
47/62
47/62
!
91%
91%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
17/27
17/27
2nd won total​
33/51
33/51
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
4/7
4/7
6/14
6/14
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
43%
43%
Won
!
57%
57%
0
0
Conceded
2
2
0
0
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Evans Duckworth
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 24 40
Pts 87-52 122-105
Total Points 139 227
Winners 31 47
%Winners 36% 39%

Both Evans and Duckworth played 1 match. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Daniel Evans hasn’t conceded a set so far. Evans has played 1 set(s) less than Duckworth (3 vs 4). Therefore, Evans played 16 games less than Duckworth. Evans scored 31 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, James managed to score 47 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Evans Duckworth
Aces 11 10
Avg per match 11 10
1st in 34/61 62/113
%1st in 56% 55%
1st pts 31/34 47/62
%1st pts 91% 76%
2nd pts 17/27 33/51
%2nd pts 63% 65%

Evans managed to score 11 aces . Duckworth blasted 10 aces . Evans won 91% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Evans Duckworth
Won 6 4
Converted 6/14 4/7
% Converted 43% 57%
Conceded 0 2
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 1

Daniel broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brit had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Duckworth broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Evans
R1
Vesely
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 87-52 87-52
Total points 139 139
Winners 31 31
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 34/61 34/61
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 31/34 31/34
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 17/27 17/27
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/14
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Duckworth
R1
O
Total
Score 4-6 7-60 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 40 40
pts 122-105 122-105
Total points 227 227
Winners 47 47
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 62/113 62/113
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 47/62 47/62
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 33/51 33/51
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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