James Duckworth and Mitchell Krueger will play each other in the 2nd round of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.48
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Mitchell Krueger
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Mitchell Krueger since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other 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. 83, James got to the 2nd round after beating Alexei Popyrin 7-5 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, James defeated Popyrin (7-5 4-6 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 98 points vs Popyrin’s 80. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth bagged 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Duckworth lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (40/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Popyrin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (292-191). 11-11 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an aggregate 183-112 match record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Cassis Challenger.
Duckworth has a composed 15-19 win-loss record in 2022, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 18-8 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, Krueger got to the 2nd round after defeating Hudson Rivera 3-6 6-1 6-2, Govind Nanda 6-4 5-7 7-5 and Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-4 6-4). During the match Krueger scored 67 points vs Eubanks’s 50. Mitchell was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Krueger scored 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mitchell Krueger was quite effective on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mitchell broke Eubanks twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Mitchell’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Krueger has a compiled 25-21 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 78 |
| Pts | 98-80 | 271-225 |
| Total Points | 178 | 496 |
| Winners | 40 | 117 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Duckworth played 1 match while Krueger competed in 3 matches. Krueger started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth conceded 1 set, while Mitchell Krueger dropped 2 sets. Duckworth has played 5 set(s) less than Krueger (3 vs 8). Therefore, Duckworth played 49 games less than Krueger. James scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mitchell managed to score 117 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/89 | 166/250 |
| %1st in | 53% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 117/166 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 46/84 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Duckworth bagged 14 aces . Krueger recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Duckworth won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 14/33 |
| % Converted | 40% | 42% |
| Conceded | 8 | 27 |
| Saved | 6 | 19 |
| % Saved | 75% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
James broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mitchell broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Krueger conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-80 | 98-80 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/89 | 47/89 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Krueger | |||||
| Q1 Rivera |
Q3 Nanda |
R1 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 34 | 20 | 78 | |
| pts | 81-56 | 123-119 | 67-50 | 271-225 | |
| Total points | 137 | 242 | 117 | 496 | |
| Winners | 35 | 48 | 34 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 51% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 87/136 | 39/51 | 166/250 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 76% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 48/87 | 34/39 | 117/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 55% | 87% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 28/49 | 7/12 | 46/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 7/16 | 2/7 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 20 | 0 | 27 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 14/20 | 0/0 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 70% | – | 141% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcelo Demoliner/Marcelo MeloDemoliner/Marcelo Melo – Max Jacob Schnur/John-Patrick SmithJacob Schnur/John-Patrick Smith (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Facundo MenaMena (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Brandon HoltHolt (5-7 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis KudlaKudla (1-1) – H2H and prediction
