James Duckworth and Thai Kwiatkowski will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Drummondville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.41
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Thai Kwiatkowski clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Duckworth won 4-6 6-2 7-6(3) in the qualifications in the Cary Challenger back in 2018.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-10 | 13-6 | 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. 113, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Cannon Kingsley 7-5 6-72 7-65.
In the 1st round, Duckworth defeated Kingsley (7-5 6-72 7-65). During the match, Duckworth scored 125 points vs Kingsley’s 111. James was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth recorded 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (54/62) of his 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Kingsley twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (303-199). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 28-25 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Shenzhen 2 Challenger where he overcame Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-0 6-1 and the Playford Challenger where he defeated Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 7-5 7-5.
James has an overall 47-27 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-9 | 15-2 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Thai reached the 2nd round after defeating Giles Hussey 7-64 0-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kwiatkowski defeated Hussey (7-64 0-6 7-5).During the match Kwiatkowski scored less points (9) than Hussey. In fact, the world no. 113 won 90 points vs Hussey’s. That means that Kwiatkowski was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Kwiatkowski recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hussey twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise and M15 Las Vegas.
Kwiatkowski has an overall 36-23 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 31 |
| Pts | 125-111 | 90-99 |
| Total Points | 236 | 189 |
| Winners | 54 | 40 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Duckworth and Kwiatkowski played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth conceded 1 set, while Thai Kwiatkowski conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Kwiatkowski have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Duckworth played 7 games more than Kwiatkowski. James scored 54 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Thai fired 40 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5 |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 54/98 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 40/54 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 22/44 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Duckworth struck 13 aces . Kwiatkowski struck 5 aces . Duckworth won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 22% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
James broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kwiatkowski broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Kingsley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-72 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 125-111 | 125-111 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 62/101 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 54/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| R1 Hussey |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 0-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 90-99 | 90-99 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/98 | 54/98 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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