James Duckworth and Zizou Bergs will face off in the final of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.74
Zizou Bergs -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Zizou Bergs

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 113, Duckworth got to the final after beating Cannon Kingsley 7-5 6-7² 7-6⁵, Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 6-7³ 6-3, Ryan Peniston 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Li Tu 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-4 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 60 points vs Tu’s 43. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth bagged 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Tu 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

James has lost 3 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (306-199). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 31-25 match 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 beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 7-5 7-5.

James has a composed 50-27 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Drummondville Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 174, the Belgian got to the final after defeating Luke Saville 6-1 6-1, Benjamin Thomas George 6-3 6-2, Dominik Koepfer 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Michael Vrbensky w/o.

In the semifinal, The Belgian defeated Vrbensky (w/o). During the match Bergs and Vrbensky scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 113 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Belgian was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Bergs was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zizou Bergs conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zizou has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2.

The Belgian has a compiled 32-26 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Bergs
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	11	7
Tot Games	115	63
Pts	373-322	221-166
Total Points	695	387
Winners	174	94
%Winners	47%	43%

Duckworth played 4 matches while Bergs competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth conceded 3 sets, while Zizou Bergs dropped 1 set. Duckworth has played 4 sets more than Bergs (11 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 52 games more than Bergs. James scored 174 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 94 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Bergs
Aces	39	16
Avg per match	9.8	5.3
1st in	209/333	130/199
%1st in	63%	65%
1st pts	174/209	94/130
%1st pts	83%	72%
2nd pts	73/124	40/69
%2nd pts	59%	58%

Duckworth managed to score 39 aces (9.8 per match). Bergs managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). Duckworth won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Bergs
Won	10	13
Converted	10/28	13/20
% Converted	36%	65%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	9	8
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	3	4

James broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Kingsley	R2 Kwiatkowski	1/4 Peniston	1/2 Tu	Total
Score	7-5 6-72 7-65	6-1 6-73 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	3	2	11
Tot Games	38	29	29	19	115
pts	125-111	103-84	85-84	60-43	373-322
Total points	236	187	169	103	695
Winners	54	46	41	33	174
%Winners	43%	45%	48%	55%	47%
SERVE
Aces	13	12	8	6	39
Double Faults	1	1	1	0	3
1st in	62/101	53/93	54/89	40/50	209/333
% 1st in	61%	57%	61%	80%	63%
1st pts	54/62	46/53	41/54	33/40	174/209
% 1st pts	87%	87%	76%	83%	83%
2nd pts	25/39	22/40	20/35	6/10	73/124
% 2nd pts	64%	55%	57%	60%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	3	2	3	10
Converted	2/9	3/9	2/5	3/5	10/28
Converted %	22%	33%	40%	60%	36%
Conceded	1	5	5	1	12
Saved	0/1	5/5	4/5	0/1	9
Saved %	0%	100%	80%	0%	45%
Times Broken	1	0	1	1	3

Bergs
	R1 Saville	R2 Thomas	1/4 Koepfer	1/2 Vrbensky	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-4 4-6 7-5	w/o
Tot Set	2	2	3	–	7
Tot Games	14	17	32	–	63
pts	53-26	65-44	103-96	–	221-166
Total points	79	109	199	–	387
Winners	21	21	52	–	94
%Winners	40%	32%	50%	–	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	5	–	16
Double Faults	1	2	3	–	6
1st in	23/39	27/48	80/112	–	130/199
% 1st in	59%	56%	71%	–	65%
1st pts	21/23	21/27	52/80	–	94/130
% 1st pts	91%	78%	65%	–	72%
2nd pts	9/16	15/21	16/32	–	40/69
% 2nd pts	56%	71%	50%	–	58%
Breaks
Won	5	3	5	–	13
Converted	5/7	3/6	5/7	–	13/20
Converted %	71%	50%	71%	–	65%
Conceded	2	0	10	–	12
Saved	2/2	0/0	6/10	–	8
Saved %	100%	–	60%	–	40%
Times Broken	0	0	4	–	4

Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger

• Andre Goransson/Toby SamuelGoransson/Toby Samuel – Liam Draxl/Giles HusseyDraxl/Giles Hussey (6-7² 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zizou BergsBergs – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction