James Duckworth and Rio Noguchi will play each other in the 1st round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.21
Rio Noguchi -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Rio Noguchi

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

James Duckworth

James Duckworth

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
106
High
46
WWLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-33 19-19 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. 128, the Australian will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he played his last match in the Chennai Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Purcell in the quarter on the 17th of February.

The Australian has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Burnie Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, James has an overall 406-267 record. He has a positive 230-153 record on hard.

Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.

Bengaluru Challenger
Duckworth's Record

Rio Noguchi

Rio Noguchi

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Rank
242
High
196
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-30 36-30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 41-31 36-22 1-4 0-2 4-3 0-0
2023 19-31 12-18 2-7 2-2 3-4 0-0
2022 54-22 41-10 9-9 0-1 4-2 0-0
2021 25-26 18-18 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 210, Rio will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Burnie where he lost 6-2 6-3

to Bolt in the 1st round on the 8th of February.

Rio has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 270-169 record. He has a positive 177-103 record on hard.

Bengaluru Challenger
Noguchi's Record

Tennis Scores in Bengaluru Challenger

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