James Duckworth and Li Tu will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.3
Li Tu -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Li Tu 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. 114, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-66 6-3, Hong Chung 7-66 6-1 and Maximilian Marterer 4-6 7-66 6-3.
In the quarter against Marterer, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 96 points vs Marterer’s 90. James was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. James broke Marterer 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (296-193). 15-13 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 187-114 record in the last years on hard.
James’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Cassis Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 19-21 win-loss record in 2022, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, Tu reached the semifinal after defeating Sehyuk Cho 6-1 6-0, Mukund Sasikumar 7-5 7-5, Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-0, Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2 and Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-74 6-1.
In the quarter, Li defeated O Connell (6-4 6-74 6-1). During the match Tu scored 99 points vs O Connell’s 85. Tu was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Li Tu lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (50/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Tu broke O Connell 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Li’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bendigo,M25 Cairo,M15 Monastir,M25 Monastir and M15 Waco.
Li has an aggregate 47-20 win-loss record in 2022, 31-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 100 |
| Pts | 256-227 | 371-289 |
| Total Points | 483 | 660 |
| Winners | 83 | 159 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Duckworth played 3 matches while Tu competed in 5 matches. Tu 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 lost 1 set, while Li Tu conceded 1 set. Duckworth has played 4 set(s) less than Tu (7 vs 11). Therefore, Duckworth played 26 games less than Tu. Duckworth scored 83 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Tu made 159 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 4.6 |
| 1st in | 112/228 | 220/344 |
| %1st in | 49% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 83/112 | 159/220 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 68/116 | 64/124 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Duckworth struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Tu made 23 aces (4.6 per match). Duckworth won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 23 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 23/39 |
| % Converted | 42% | 59% |
| Conceded | 15 | 21 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
James broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 23 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Chung |
1/4 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 7-66 6-1 | 4-6 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 32 | 74 | |
| pts | 72-67 | 88-70 | 96-90 | 256-227 | |
| Total points | 139 | 158 | 186 | 483 | |
| Winners | 31 | 22 | 30 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 25% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/77 | 32/65 | 40/86 | 112/228 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 49% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 22/32 | 30/40 | 83/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 69% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 21/33 | 25/46 | 68/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 64% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/11 | 5/10 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Tu | |||||||
| Q1 Cho |
Q3 Kumar Mukund |
R1 Uchida |
R2 Nakagawa |
1/4 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-74 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 30 | 100 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 77-65 | 64-45 | 76-60 | 99-85 | 371-289 | |
| Total points | 89 | 142 | 109 | 136 | 184 | 660 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 50 | 159 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 51% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 46/69 | 36/59 | 45/70 | 61/97 | 220/344 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 61% | 64% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 32/46 | 25/36 | 28/45 | 50/61 | 159/220 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 69% | 62% | 82% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 14/23 | 12/23 | 13/25 | 17/36 | 64/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 61% | 52% | 52% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 5/5 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 23/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 45% | 67% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 7/9 | 2/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 75% | 78% | 67% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Yunseong Chung/Aleksandar KovacevicChung/Aleksandar Kovacevic – Marc Polmans/Max PurcellPolmans/Max Purcell (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kaichi Uchida/Tung-Lin WuUchida/Tung-Lin Wu – Maximilian Marterer/Maximilian NeuchristMarterer/Maximilian Neuchrist (6-4 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Li TuTu – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
