James Duckworth and Antoine Escoffier will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.42
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Antoine Escoffier
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-17 | 16-8 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 10-4 | 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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Rigele Te 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, James had a good straight sets win against Te (7-5 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 70 points vs Te’s 53. James was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Te 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (284-185). 8-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an aggregate 203-114 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
James has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 13-8 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 17-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-33 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 31-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 56-26 | 19-8 | 11-8 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 236, Antoine got to the 2nd round after beating Luke Saville 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-4 6-2). During the match Escoffier scored 67 points vs Saville’s 46. The French player was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Antoine Escoffier was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Saville 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The French player best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Balma.
Escoffier has an aggregate 8-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Escoffier has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 123 | 113 |
| Winners | 23 | 25 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Duckworth and Escoffier played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 2 games more than Escoffier. Duckworth scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier managed to score 25 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 28/56 |
| %1st in | 46% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Duckworth fired 8 aces . Escoffier bagged 4 aces . Duckworth won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Duckworth broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Duckworth extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Te |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 27/59 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 1 Challenger
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-71 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-0 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Federico CinaCina (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Li TuTu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rigele TeTe (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Luke SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Fajing SunSun (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-7(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alex BoltBolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
