James Duckworth and Vitaliy Sachko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Morelos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.49
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Vitaliy Sachko
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Vitaliy Sachko 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 | 35-24 | 18-14 | 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. 113, James got to the quarter after beating Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-2 and Oliver Crawford 3-6 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Crawford, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 95 points vs Crawford’s 86. James was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Crawford twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (274-183). 17-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an aggregate 184-109 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
Duckworth has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-4 | 14-17 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 292, Vitaliy got to the quarter after beating Matias Franco Descotte 6-2 6-1 and Dominik Palan 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Vitaliy had a good straight sets win against Palan (6-3 6-2). During the match Sachko scored 63 points vs Palan’s 45. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was very efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vitaliy broke Palan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Sachko has a composed 16-8 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 32 |
| Pts | 163-129 | 128-84 |
| Total Points | 292 | 212 |
| Winners | 58 | 46 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Duckworth and Sachko played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Vitaliy Sachko hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Sachko (5 vs 4). Therefore, Duckworth played 14 games more than Sachko. Duckworth scored 58 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Vitaliy recorded 46 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 70/126 | 56/105 |
| %1st in | 56% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 58/70 | 46/56 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 37/56 | 29/49 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 59% |
Duckworth recorded 23 aces (11.5 per match). Sachko scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Duckworth won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/22 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 27% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
James broke his opponents 6 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Crawford |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 46 | |
| pts | 68-43 | 95-86 | 163-129 | |
| Total points | 111 | 181 | 292 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 45/82 | 70/126 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 37/45 | 58/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 24/37 | 37/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/8 | 6/22 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sachko | ||||
| R1 Franco Descotte |
R2 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 63-45 | 128-84 | |
| Total points | 104 | 108 | 212 | |
| Winners | 24 | 22 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 27/49 | 56/105 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 22/27 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/22 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/8 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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