Yosuke Watanuki and James Duckworth will face off in the quarter of the Stanford Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.615
James Duckworth -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 3rd time that Yosuke Watanuki and James Duckworth clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Watanuki and Duckworth (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Watanuki won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the semifinal in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2022.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90 (career-high), Watanuki reached the quarter after beating Steve Johnson 7-5 5-7 6-4 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Moreno De Alboran (7-5 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 69 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 53. Yousuke was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki bagged 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (29/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Moreno De Alboran twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (206-129). 17-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has an overall120-68 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Yousuke’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Yousuke has an aggregate 30-16 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Stanford Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 120, James got to the quarter after defeating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-2 6-3 and Adam Walton 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-3 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 63 points vs Walton’s 41. Duckworth was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth recorded 12 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Duckworth conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 73% of his first serves in, win 97% (34/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Walton twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Duckworth’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 30-21 win-loss record in 2023, 27-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 36 |
| Pts | 169-150 | 127-84 |
| Total Points | 319 | 211 |
| Winners | 63 | 59 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Both Watanuki and Duckworth played 2 matches. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki conceded 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set more than Duckworth (5 vs 4). Therefore, Watanuki played 19 games more than Duckworth. Yousuke scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Duckworth managed to score 59 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 13.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 73/159 | 65/99 |
| %1st in | 46% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 63/73 | 59/65 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 49/86 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 56% |
Watanuki recorded 27 aces (13.5 per match). Duckworth fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Watanuki won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 91% 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 | Watanuki | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 78% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Watanuki broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Duckworth was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Johnson |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 21 | 55 | |
| pts | 100-97 | 69-53 | 169-150 | |
| Total points | 197 | 122 | 319 | |
| Winners | 34 | 29 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 16 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/97 | 32/62 | 73/159 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 52% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 29/32 | 63/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 91% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/56 | 17/30 | 49/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Alberto |
R2 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 63-41 | 127-84 | |
| Total points | 107 | 104 | 211 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 54% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 35/48 | 65/99 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 73% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 34/35 | 59/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 97% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 6/13 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 46% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/3 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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