James Duckworth and Philip Sekulic will square off in the quarter of the Burnie Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.119
Philip Sekulic -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Philip Sekulic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Makoto Ochi 6-1 6-4 and Jake Delaney 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Delaney (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 72 points vs Delaney’s 52. James was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Delaney 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (260-175). 4-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a compiled 171-103 record in the last years on hard.
James has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie Challenger
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-31 | 34-26 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 580, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 7-5 6-1 and Hiroki Moriya 7-62 6-74 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Philip defeated Moriya (7-62 6-74 7-65). During the match Sekulic scored 132 points vs Moriya’s 130. Sekulic was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (54/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Moriya 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sekulic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Sekulic has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 58 |
| Pts | 138-97 | 201-174 |
| Total Points | 235 | 375 |
| Winners | 52 | 79 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Duckworth and Sekulic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 1 set, while Philip Sekulic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Duckworth played 18 games less than Sekulic. The Australian scored 52 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic blasted 79 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 122/188 |
| %1st in | 55% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 52/60 | 79/122 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 31/49 | 36/66 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 55% |
Duckworth blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Sekulic fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Duckworth won 87% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 65% 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 | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. James dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sekulic broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Ochi |
R2 Delaney |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 72-52 | 138-97 | |
| Total points | 111 | 124 | 235 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 29/58 | 60/109 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 50% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 25/29 | 52/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 86% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 20/29 | 31/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 69% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sekulic | ||||
| R1 Christopher |
R2 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-62 6-74 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 39 | 58 | |
| pts | 69-44 | 132-130 | 201-174 | |
| Total points | 113 | 262 | 375 | |
| Winners | 25 | 54 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 87/136 | 122/188 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 54/87 | 79/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 62% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 26/49 | 36/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/13 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 3/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 38% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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