James Duckworth and Miljan Zekic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.10
Miljan Zekic -> 7.00
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Miljan Zekic
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will face 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. 112, James got to the 2nd round after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-75 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Gunneswaran, Duckworth recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 116 points vs Gunneswaran’s 92. James was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (48/62) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Gunneswaran 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (269-178). 13-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an aggregate 180-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
James has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-11 | 5-4 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Miljan got to the 2nd round after beating Yunseong Chung 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Miljan had a good straight sets win against Chung (6-3 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 65 points vs Chung’s 48. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Miljan Zekic was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Chung 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Miljan has an overall 1-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 |
| Pts | 116-92 | 65-48 |
| Total Points | 208 | 113 |
| Winners | 48 | 30 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Duckworth and Zekic played 1 match. At the moment, James Duckworth dropped 1 set while Miljan Zekic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Zekic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Duckworth played 11 games more than Zekic. The Australian scored 48 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian struck 30 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 41/49 |
| %1st in | 61% | 84% |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 5/8 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 63% |
Duckworth managed to score 9 aces . Zekic scored 6 aces . Duckworth won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 73% of the points behind 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 | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 71% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Miljan conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 116-92 | 116-92 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 62/101 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zekic | |||
| R1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/49 | 41/49 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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