James Duckworth and James McCabe will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.31
James McCabe -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. James McCabe
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and James McCabe face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Duckworth won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Bengaluru 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. 138, Duckworth got to the qualifications after beating Mikalai Haliak 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Haliak (6-4 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 80 points vs Haliak’s 65. James was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth recorded 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duckworth broke Haliak twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (289-196). 30-19 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a compiled 197-119 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 33-24 win-loss record in 2023, 30-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 17-13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, James reached the qualifications after defeating Linang Xiao 6-4 6-75 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Xiao (6-4 6-75 6-3). During the match McCabe scored 107 points vs Xiao’s 101. James was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, McCabe struck 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 52% of his first serves in, winning 88% (45/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Xiao 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
James’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
James has a compiled 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 80-65 | 107-101 |
| Total Points | 145 | 208 |
| Winners | 29 | 45 |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% |
Both Duckworth and McCabe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James McCabe lost 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 13 games less than McCabe. James scored 29 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe fired 45 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 18 |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 51/98 |
| %1st in | 59% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 45/51 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 23/47 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 49% |
Duckworth made 6 aces . McCabe fired 18 aces . Duckworth won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/14 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 14% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Duckworth broke his opponent twice with a 14% conversion rate. Duckworth quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. James broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| Q1 Haliak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 80-65 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 36/61 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/14 | 2/14 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Xiao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 107-101 | 107-101 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/98 | 51/98 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 45/51 | 45/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 23/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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