James Duckworth and Thiago Agustin Tirante will fight against each other in the final of the Morelos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 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 -> 1.56
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Thiago Agustin Tirante fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Agustin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Agustin won 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the San Luis Potosi Challenger back in April 2023.
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. 113, James got to the final after beating Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-2, Oliver Crawford 3-6 7-63 6-2, Vitaliy Sachko 2-6 7-60 7-5 and Christian Langmo 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-3 7-5). During the match, Duckworth scored 64 points vs Langmo’s 49. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth blasted 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 91% (29/32) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Langmo twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (276-183). 19-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a compiled 186-109 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2023, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-29 | 4-3 | 26-22 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 13-10 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-31 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-23 | 8-4 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-17 | 17-5 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, Thiago reached the final after beating Skander Mansouri 6-0 6-3, Evan Zhu 6-2 7-63, Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-2 and Mark Lajal 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-2 6-3). During the match Agustin scored 64 points vs Lajal’s 48. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Agustin fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante was quite effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thiago broke Lajal 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Agustin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Thiago’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 17-11 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 100 | 70 |
| Pts | 340-295 | 265-192 |
| Total Points | 635 | 457 |
| Winners | 140 | 118 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Duckworth and Agustin played 4 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth surrendered 2 sets while Thiago Agustin Tirante hasn’t dropped a set so far. Duckworth has played 2 sets more than Agustin (10 vs 8). Therefore, Duckworth played 30 games more than Agustin. Duckworth scored 140 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine fired 118 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 47 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 11.8 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 168/291 | 149/239 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 140/168 | 118/149 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 69/123 | 50/90 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Duckworth struck 47 aces (11.8 per match). Agustin scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). Duckworth won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/38 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 26% | 57% |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 69% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 26% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Thiago broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Agustin conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Crawford |
1/4 Sachko |
1/2 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | 2-6 7-60 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 100 | |
| pts | 68-43 | 95-86 | 113-117 | 64-49 | 340-295 | |
| Total points | 111 | 181 | 230 | 113 | 635 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 53 | 29 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 47% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 47 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 45/82 | 66/111 | 32/54 | 168/291 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 55% | 59% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 37/45 | 53/66 | 29/32 | 140/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 80% | 91% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 24/37 | 16/45 | 16/22 | 69/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 65% | 36% | 73% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/8 | 2/12 | 2/4 | 10/38 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 17% | 50% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 6/9 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 67% | 100% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Agustin | ||||||
| R1 Mansouri |
R2 Zhu |
1/4 Pablo Ficovich |
1/2 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 70 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 77-62 | 65-46 | 64-48 | 265-192 | |
| Total points | 95 | 139 | 111 | 112 | 457 | |
| Winners | 19 | 33 | 37 | 29 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% | 57% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 42/69 | 46/66 | 38/58 | 149/239 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 61% | 70% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 33/42 | 37/46 | 29/38 | 118/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 80% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/27 | 8/20 | 12/20 | 50/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 40% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 3/6 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 100% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 100% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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