James Duckworth and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.22
Philip Sekulic -> 3.94
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Philip Sekulic
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Philip Sekulic 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 each other, Duckworth won 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5 in the quarter in the Burnie Challenger back in February 2023.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-13 | 16-8 | 2-3 | 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. 125, James got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 7-62). During the match, Duckworth scored 78 points vs Uchida’s 73. Duckworth was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth managed to score 11 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Uchida 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (297-198). 38-21 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a compiled 205-121 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Shenzhen 2 Challenger where he beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-0 6-1.
Duckworth has a compiled 41-26 win-loss record in 2023, 38-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 15-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 286, Sekulic got to the 2nd round after beating Blake Ellis 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Sekulic had a good straight sets win against Ellis (6-3 7-5). During the match Sekulic scored 66 points vs Ellis’s 53. Philip was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Ellis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Philip’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 36-25 win-loss record in 2023, 32-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 |
| Pts | 78-73 | 66-53 |
| Total Points | 151 | 119 |
| Winners | 43 | 30 |
| %Winners | 55% | 45% |
Both Duckworth and Sekulic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 2 games more than Sekulic. The Australian scored 43 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Philip scored 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 0 |
| 1st in | 61/89 | 44/61 |
| %1st in | 69% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 30/44 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Duckworth managed to score 11 aces . Sekulic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Duckworth won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Duckworth broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Philip broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-73 | 78-73 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/89 | 61/89 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Ellis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 66-53 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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