James Duckworth and Li Tu will square off in the semifinal of the Drummondville Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines 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 -> 1.34
Li Tu -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Li Tu
This will be the 4th time that James Duckworth and Li Tu play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Duckworth won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Calgary Challenger back in November 2023.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-11 | 13-7 | 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, James got to the semifinal after defeating Cannon Kingsley 7-5 6-72 7-65, Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 6-73 6-3 and Ryan Peniston 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Peniston, Duckworth recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 85 points vs Peniston’s 84. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Peniston twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has conceded 3 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (305-199). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 30-25 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current 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 overcame Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 7-5 7-5.
Duckworth has a composed 49-27 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, Tu got to the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 4-6 7-63 6-3, Alexis Galarneau 7-65 6-2 and Joao Sousa 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Li had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-4 7-5). During the match Tu scored 79 points vs Sousa’s 65. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Li Tu was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tu broke Sousa twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Li has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Tu has an aggregate 34-29 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 75 |
| Pts | 313-279 | 261-228 |
| Total Points | 592 | 489 |
| Winners | 141 | 103 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Duckworth and Tu played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 3 sets, while Li Tu lost 1 set. Duckworth has played 2 sets more than Tu (9 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 21 games more than Tu. Duckworth scored 141 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Tu blasted 103 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 169/283 | 129/213 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 141/169 | 103/129 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 67/114 | 51/84 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 61% |
Duckworth struck 33 aces (11 per match). Tu fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Duckworth won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/23 | 7/30 |
| % Converted | 30% | 23% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 82% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Duckworth broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. James surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 23% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Kingsley |
R2 Kwiatkowski |
1/4 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-72 7-65 | 6-1 6-73 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 29 | 29 | 96 | |
| pts | 125-111 | 103-84 | 85-84 | 313-279 | |
| Total points | 236 | 187 | 169 | 592 | |
| Winners | 54 | 46 | 41 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 53/93 | 54/89 | 169/283 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 46/53 | 41/54 | 141/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | 76% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 22/40 | 20/35 | 67/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 55% | 57% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 33% | 40% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tu | |||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Galarneau |
1/4 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 | 22 | 75 | |
| pts | 107-99 | 75-64 | 79-65 | 261-228 | |
| Total points | 206 | 139 | 144 | 489 | |
| Winners | 41 | 33 | 29 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/93 | 42/64 | 33/56 | 129/213 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 33/42 | 29/33 | 103/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 88% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 10/22 | 16/23 | 51/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 45% | 70% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/9 | 2/13 | 7/30 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 15% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 0% | – | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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