James Duckworth and Yosuke Watanuki will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.64
James Duckworth -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Yosuke Watanuki fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2019.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-34 | 25-20 | 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, Duckworth got to the semifinal after beating Makoto Ochi 7-62 6-4, Filip Cristian Jianu 6-74 6-2 6-2 and Nicholas David Ionel 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter against David Ionel, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 88 points vs David Ionel’s 73. Duckworth was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke David Ionel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (301-198). 20-17 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an overall 192-118 record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cassis Challenger.
Duckworth has an aggregate 24-26 win-loss record in 2022, 20-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, Yousuke got to the semifinal after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-4, Beibit Zhukayev 6-0 4-1 ret. and Yunseong Chung 6-2 5-2 ret..
In the quarter against Chung, the Japanese had a free pass after Chung retired on a 6-2 5-2 . scoreline.
Watanuki’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Yokohama Challenger and the Kobe Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 38-22 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 44 |
| Pts | 266-215 | 171-109 |
| Total Points | 481 | 280 |
| Winners | 102 | 56 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Duckworth and Watanuki played 3 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth lost 2 sets while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Duckworth played 36 games more than Watanuki. The Australian scored 102 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki recorded 56 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 127/221 | 63/114 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 102/127 | 56/63 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 56/94 | 32/51 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 63% |
Duckworth bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Watanuki recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Duckworth won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 12/31 |
| % Converted | 54% | 39% |
| Conceded | 15 | 2 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Watanuki broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Ochi |
R2 Cristian |
1/4 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-74 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 | 28 | 80 | |
| pts | 85-68 | 93-74 | 88-73 | 266-215 | |
| Total points | 153 | 167 | 161 | 481 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 37 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 42/81 | 45/73 | 127/221 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 34/42 | 37/45 | 102/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 81% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 22/39 | 16/28 | 56/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 7/8 | 4/8 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 88% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/9 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Watanuki | |||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Zhukayev |
1/4 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 4-1 ret. | 6-2 5-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 11 | 15 | 44 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 47-24 | 52-31 | 171-109 | |
| Total points | 126 | 71 | 83 | 280 | |
| Winners | 23 | 15 | 18 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 17/27 | 18/34 | 63/114 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 15/17 | 18/18 | 56/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 88% | 100% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 6/10 | 10/16 | 32/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 60% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/13 | 4/8 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 38% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLLLWL Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yunseong ChungChung (6-2 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yunseong ChungChung (6-2 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
