James Duckworth and Yasutaka Uchiyama will face off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.42
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Yasutaka Uchiyama square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Duckworth won 7-6(2) 4-0 ret. in the qualifications in Rome back in 2020.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-23 | 18-13 | 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. 102, Duckworth reached the 2nd round after defeating Duckhee Lee 7-64 1-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, James defeated Hee Lee (7-64 1-6 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 77 points vs Hee Lee’s 70. James was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 67% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. James broke Hee Lee 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (277-184). 20-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 187-110 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
James’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-18 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-21 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Young Seok Kim 6-1 6-0, Dayne Kelly 7-66 1-6 6-3 and Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-711 6-0.
In the 1st round, Yasutaka defeated Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-711 6-0). During the match Uchiyama scored 105 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 93. Yasutaka was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Uchiyama blasted 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yasutaka Uchiyama conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Uchiyama put 70% of his first serves in, winning 75% (54/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Uchiyama broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Japanese has an aggregate 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 71 |
| Pts | 77-70 | 244-205 |
| Total Points | 147 | 449 |
| Winners | 31 | 109 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Duckworth played 1 match while Uchiyama competed in 3 matches. Uchiyama started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 1 set, while Yasutaka Uchiyama surrendered 2 sets. Duckworth has played 5 set(s) less than Uchiyama (3 vs 8). Therefore, Duckworth played 44 games less than Uchiyama. The Australian scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 109 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 138/226 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 109/138 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 48/88 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Duckworth blasted 5 aces . Uchiyama recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Duckworth won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Uchiyama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 83% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 17% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
James broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Yasutaka broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Uchiyama conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Hee Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 77-70 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 50/75 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Uchiyama | |||||
| Q1 Seok Kim |
Q3 Kelly |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-66 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-711 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 | 29 | 71 | |
| pts | 54-22 | 85-90 | 105-93 | 244-205 | |
| Total points | 76 | 175 | 198 | 449 | |
| Winners | 21 | 34 | 54 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 19 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 43/88 | 72/103 | 138/226 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 49% | 70% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 34/43 | 54/72 | 109/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 79% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 25/45 | 15/31 | 48/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 1/7 | 4/8 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 14% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 250% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Duckhee LeeLee (7-64 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Li TuTu (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hyeon ChungChung (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-711 6-0) – See score progression
- Gabriel Diallo/Aleksandar VukicDiallo/Aleksandar Vukic – Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (5-7 6-3 10-6) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 7-60) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon HoltHolt (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
