James Duckworth and Philip Sekulic will square off in the quarter of the Burnie Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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)

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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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