Holger Rune and James Duckworth will square off in the quarter of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. 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 Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.25
James Duckworth -> 3.96
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. James Duckworth
There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and James Duckworth since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Holger Rune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-23 | 21-11 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 32-16 | 1-3 | 28-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, Holger got to the quarter after beating Max Purcell 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Dane defeated Shevchenko (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Rune scored 105 points vs Shevchenko’s 94. The Dane was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rune bagged 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Holger Rune was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (43/57) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rune broke Shevchenko 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rune has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Rune has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (208-106). 2-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rune has an aggregate32-30 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Dane has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Rune has never competed in this tournament before.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-28 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 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. 116, Duckworth got to the quarter after beating Philip Sekulic 7-65 6-4, Gregoire Barrere 6-1 7-62, Jeff Wolf 6-3 6-4 and Yannick Hanfmann 4-6 6-1 7-62.
In the 2nd round against Hanfmann, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-62). During the match Duckworth scored 99 points vs Hanfmann’s 89. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Duckworth submerged his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (52/66) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Hanfmann twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Duckworth has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rune | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 92 |
| Pts | 182-163 | 315-255 |
| Total Points | 345 | 570 |
| Winners | 86 | 148 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Rune played 2 matches while Duckworth competed in 4 matches. Duckworth started his run from the qualifications while Rune had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Holger Rune surrendered 2 sets, while James Duckworth dropped 1 set. Rune has played 3 set(s) less than Duckworth (6 vs 9). Therefore, Rune played 34 games less than Duckworth. Holger scored 86 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Duckworth struck 148 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rune | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 40 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 10 |
| 1st in | 115/163 | 182/271 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 86/115 | 148/182 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 30/48 | 53/89 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Rune bagged 24 aces (12 per match). Duckworth blasted 40 aces (10 per match). Rune won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rune | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 9/34 |
| % Converted | 44% | 26% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 73% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Dane broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 9 times with a 26% conversion rate. James conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rune | ||||
| R1 Purcell |
R2 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 30 | 58 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 105-94 | 182-163 | |
| Total points | 146 | 199 | 345 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 41% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/72 | 57/91 | 115/163 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 63% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/57 | 86/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 22/34 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/10 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 30% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Duckworth | ||||||
| Q1 Sekulic |
Q3 Barrere |
R1 Wolf |
R2 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-1 7-62 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 92 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 83-60 | 55-41 | 99-89 | 315-255 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | 96 | 188 | 570 | |
| Winners | 33 | 32 | 31 | 52 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 56% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 37/60 | 36/52 | 66/91 | 182/271 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 69% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 32/37 | 31/36 | 52/66 | 148/182 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 86% | 86% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 12/23 | 11/16 | 13/25 | 53/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 52% | 69% | 52% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/11 | 2/4 | 2/12 | 9/34 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 27% | 50% | 17% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 100% | 67% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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