James Duckworth and Max Purcell will play each other in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.75
Max Purcell -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Max Purcell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Purcell won 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2021.
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. 138, James reached the quarter after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-4 6-2 and Hamad Medjedovic 6-2 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (6-2 7-63). During the match, Duckworth scored 72 points vs Medjedovic’s 54. James was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Medjedovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (264-176). 8-4 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an overall 175-104 match record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger.
James has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, Purcell got to the quarter after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-2 and Petr Nouza 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Max had a good straight sets win against Nouza (7-5 6-3). During the match Purcell scored 74 points vs Nouza’s 63. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Purcell fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Nouza 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Purcell has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 37 |
| Pts | 135-98 | 132-94 |
| Total Points | 233 | 226 |
| Winners | 41 | 55 |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% |
Both Duckworth and Purcell played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Purcell have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Duckworth played 2 games more than Purcell. The Australian scored 41 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Purcell scored 55 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 56/113 | 63/101 |
| %1st in | 50% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 55/63 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 37/57 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 47% |
Duckworth scored 10 aces (5 per match). Purcell made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Duckworth won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 64% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
James broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Purcell conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Sanchez |
R2 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 72-54 | 135-98 | |
| Total points | 107 | 126 | 233 | |
| Winners | 11 | 30 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 17% | 42% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/51 | 37/62 | 56/113 | |
| % 1st in | 37% | 60% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 11/19 | 30/37 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 81% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 17/25 | 37/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 68% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Nouza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 74-63 | 132-94 | |
| Total points | 89 | 137 | 226 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 35/63 | 63/101 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 29/35 | 55/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 83% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 12/28 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 43% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/15 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 27% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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