James Duckworth and Marc Polmans will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.68
Marc Polmans -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 6th time that James Duckworth and Marc Polmans square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Duckworth won 7-5 4-6 6-2 in the semifinal in the Burnie Challenger back in February 2023.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-18 | 16-8 | 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, James got to the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, James had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-3 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 54 points vs Jasika’s 34. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duckworth broke Jasika 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (278-185). 21-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a composed 188-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
Duckworth has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Marc got to the 2nd round after beating Yuta Shimizu 2-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Shimizu, Polmans recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4).During the match Polmans scored less points (3) than Shimizu. In fact, the world no. 102 won 104 points vs Shimizu’s. That means that Polmans was more focused during the important points. Polmans was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Polmans bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (20/48) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Shimizu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
The Australian has an aggregate 22-10 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 54-34 | 104-107 |
| Total Points | 88 | 211 |
| Winners | 22 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Duckworth and Polmans played 1 match. At the moment, Marc Polmans conceded 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (2 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 14 games less than Polmans. James scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Marc blasted 49 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 75/123 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 20/48 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 42% |
Duckworth blasted 4 aces . Polmans blasted 3 aces . Duckworth won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Australian pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-34 | 54-34 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 104-107 | 104-107 | |
| Total points | 211 | 211 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 75/123 | 75/123 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 20/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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