James Duckworth and Nicholas David Ionel will fight against each other in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on SUB CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.
James Duckworth -> 1.32
Nicholas David Ionel -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-33 | 21-19 | 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. 172, James reached the quarter after beating Makoto Ochi 7-62 6-4 and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-74 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Cristian Jianu, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 93 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 74. Duckworth was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was quite effective on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Cristian Jianu 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (300-198). 19-17 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an aggregate 191-118 match record in the last years on hard.
James’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cassis Challenger.
James has an overall 23-26 win-loss record in 2022, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-26 | 0-0 | 34-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 74-34 | 0-2 | 74-31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 7-7 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-33 | 17-9 | 48-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-33 | 14-4 | 33-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, the Romanian reached the quarter after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 7-61 and Shintaro Imai 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicholas had a good straight sets win against Imai (6-4 6-4). During the match David scored 75 points vs Imai’s 58. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, David recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicholas David Ionel lost the serve twice. Furthermore, David put 72% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the 2nd serve. Nicholas broke Imai 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
David’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.
Nicholas has a compiled 66-31 win-loss record in 2022, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | David |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 43 |
| Pts | 178-142 | 150-118 |
| Total Points | 320 | 268 |
| Winners | 65 | 56 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Duckworth and David played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth surrendered 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than David (5 vs 4). Therefore, Duckworth played 9 games more than David. James scored 65 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, David recorded 56 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | David |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 82/148 | 75/114 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 65/82 | 56/75 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/66 | 24/39 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 62% |
Duckworth struck 16 aces (8 per match). David made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Duckworth won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, David won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | David |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 56% | 35% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 64% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Duckworth broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. David conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Ochi | R2 Cristian | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-74 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 | 52 | |
| pts | 85-68 | 93-74 | 178-142 | |
| Total points | 153 | 167 | 320 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 42/81 | 82/148 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 34/42 | 65/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 22/39 | 40/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 7/8 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 88% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| David | ||||
| R1 Serdarusic | R2 Imai | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-61 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-58 | 150-118 | |
| Total points | 135 | 133 | 268 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 38/53 | 75/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 25/38 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 66% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 11/15 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 73% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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