James Duckworth and Bu Yunchaokete will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Shenzhen 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.74
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Bu Yunchaokete
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 144, James got to the semifinal after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-2, Zhe Li 7-64 6-4 and Li Tu 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-1 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 51 points vs Tu’s 20. Duckworth was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Tu 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (294-198). 35-21 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 202-121 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 38-26 win-loss record in 2023, 35-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, Bu got to the semifinal after defeating Luke Saville 6-3 6-3, Alibek Kachmazov 6-3 6-4 and Yan Bai 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Bai (6-3 6-2). During the match Yunchaokete scored 71 points vs Bai’s 52. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Yunchaokete scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Bu Yunchaokete conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 57% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Bu broke Bai 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Seoul Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Bu has a compiled 35-21 win-loss record in 2023, 25-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 54 |
| Pts | 199-130 | 204-153 |
| Total Points | 329 | 357 |
| Winners | 69 | 61 |
| %Winners | 35% | 30% |
Both Duckworth and Yunchaokete played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Yunchaokete have played the same amount of sets 6. They also played the same amount of games (54). James scored 69 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Yunchaokete struck 61 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 83/146 | 78/164 |
| %1st in | 57% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 69/83 | 61/78 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 43/63 | 49/86 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 57% |
Duckworth bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Yunchaokete blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Duckworth won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 52% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. James surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Bu broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Takahashi |
R2 Li |
1/4 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 14 | 54 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 90-77 | 51-20 | 199-130 | |
| Total points | 91 | 167 | 71 | 329 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 16 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 1 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 39/74 | 18/32 | 83/146 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 53% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 31/39 | 16/18 | 69/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 89% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 20/35 | 12/14 | 43/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 57% | 86% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 | 5/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 83% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | – | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yunchaokete | |||||
| R1 Saville |
R2 Kachmazov |
1/4 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 66-52 | 71-52 | 204-153 | |
| Total points | 116 | 118 | 123 | 357 | |
| Winners | 19 | 13 | 29 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 20% | 41% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 24/55 | 17/44 | 37/65 | 78/164 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 39% | 57% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 13/17 | 29/37 | 61/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 15/27 | 14/28 | 49/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/14 | 3/9 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 43% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 100% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 2 Challenger
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Li TuTu (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Yan BaiBai (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francis Casey Alcantara/Fajing SunCasey Alcantara/Fajing Sun – Xiaofei Wang/Linang XiaoWang/Linang Xiao (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
