James Duckworth and Illya Marchenko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Busan Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.3
Illya Marchenko -> 3.24

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Illya Marchenko

This will be the 5^th time that James Duckworth and Illya Marchenko face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Duckworth won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Toronto back in 2021.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 107, James reached the quarter after beating Hoyoung Roh 6-3 6-3 and Arthur Fery 4-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Fery, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 92 points vs Fery’s 81. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth bagged 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Fery 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (282-183). 6-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 201-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.

The Australian has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Busan Challenger

Illya Marchenko

Ranked no. 256, Marchenko reached the quarter after beating Alex Bolt 6-1 7-6¹ and Rio Noguchi 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-2 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 62 points vs Noguchi’s 49. Illya was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Marchenko bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Illya Marchenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 55% of his first serves in, winning 59% (19/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. Illya broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ukrainian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Marchenko has an aggregate 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Marchenko
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	37
Pts	158-131	140-111
Total Points	289	251
Winners	54	52
%Winners	34%	37%

Both Duckworth and Marchenko played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth surrendered 1 set while Illya Marchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Marchenko (5 vs 4). Therefore, Duckworth played 8 games more than Marchenko. Duckworth scored 54 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Illya bagged 52 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Marchenko
Aces	9	9
Avg per match	4.5	4.5
1st in	79/143	72/127
%1st in	55%	57%
1st pts	54/79	52/72
%1st pts	68%	72%
2nd pts	30/64	29/55
%2nd pts	47%	53%

Duckworth struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Marchenko struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Duckworth won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Marchenko
Won	11	9
Converted	11/22	9/18
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	13	6
Saved	7	4
% Saved	54%	67%
Times Broken	6	2

James broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Roh	R2 Fery	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	4-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	27	45
pts	66-50	92-81	158-131
Total points	116	173	289
Winners	19	35	54
%Winners	29%	38%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	9
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	31/58	48/85	79/143
% 1st in	53%	56%	55%
1st pts	19/31	35/48	54/79
% 1st pts	61%	73%	68%
2nd pts	13/27	17/37	30/64
% 2nd pts	48%	46%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/9	5/13	11/22
Converted %	67%	38%	50%
Conceded	8	5	13
Saved	5/8	2/5	7
Saved %	63%	40%	52%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Marchenko
	R1 Bolt	R2 Noguchi	Total
Score	6-1 7-61	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	17	37
pts	78-62	62-49	140-111
Total points	140	111	251
Winners	33	19	52
%Winners	42%	31%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	9
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	40/69	32/58	72/127
% 1st in	58%	55%	57%
1st pts	33/40	19/32	52/72
% 1st pts	83%	59%	72%
2nd pts	10/29	19/26	29/55
% 2nd pts	34%	73%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/11	4/7	9/18
Converted %	45%	57%	50%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	2/4	2/2	4
Saved %	50%	100%	75%
Times Broken	2	0	2

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