Taylor Fritz and James Duckworth will play each other in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.092
James Duckworth -> 7.3
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Fritz and James Duckworth face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Duckworth won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 1st round in Toronto back in 2021.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 31-12 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 13-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), he will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he defeated 6-1 4-6 10-8 to Norrie in the round robin on the 24th of September.
The American has an overall 37-17 win-loss record in 2022, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Indian Wells where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he overcame Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 289-189 record. He has a positive 174-100 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
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. 109, James will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in San Diego where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Giron in the quarter on the 23rd of September.
Duckworth has an aggregate 16-20 win-loss record in 2022, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
James’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cassis Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 390-255 record. He has a positive 214-142 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-73 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 3-6 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-64 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Evans/John PeersEvans/John Peers – Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaHiroki – Yuta ShimizuYuta (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction