James Duckworth and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the San Diego Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on BARNES STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
James Duckworth -> 1.85
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 4th time that James Duckworth and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Duckworth won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2021.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-33 | 22-19 | 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. 70, James will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(1) to Rosol in the 1st round on the 13th of September.
Duckworth has an overall 14-19 win-loss record in 2022, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
James’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Cassis Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 388-254 record. He has a positive 212-141 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Australian will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(6)
to Schwartzman in the 2nd round on the 1st of September.Alexei has a compiled 21-26 win-loss record in 2022, 7-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alexei’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 204-157 record. He has a positive 101-74 record on hard.
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