James Duckworth and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.35
Yuta Shimizu -> 3
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 15-7 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 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. 110, Duckworth will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Sandgren in the 2nd round on the 6th of July.
The Australian has an aggregate 24-17 win-loss record in 2023, 22-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
James’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, James has an overall 422-279 record. He has a positive 244-161 record on hard.
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, Shimizu will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Jasika in the 2nd round on the 6th of July.
Shimizu has an aggregate 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Burnie and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 206-105 record. He has a positive 157-80 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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