James Duckworth and Remy Bertola will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.25
Remy Bertola -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Remy Bertola
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Remy Bertola since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
17 - 9win/loss
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LLLLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-29 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-7 | 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. 113, the Australian reached the semifinal after defeating Rigele Te 7-5 6-2, Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-3 and Mattia Bellucci 4-6 6-3 7-64.
In the quarter against Bellucci, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match, Duckworth scored 103 points vs Bellucci’s 92. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth blasted 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (48/59) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Bellucci once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (286-185). 10-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an aggregate 205-114 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Duckworth has an aggregate 17-9 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Remy Bertola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-28 | 20-10 | 20-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-31 | 12-5 | 21-21 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 41-23 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-24 | 13-7 | 29-14 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 27-9 | 17-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Remy reached the semifinal after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 7-5, Akira Santillan 6-3 7-65, Yuta Shimizu 7-66 6-3, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Bertola had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 6-2). During the match Bertola scored 55 points vs Schoolkate’s 36. Bertola was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Bertola fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Remy Bertola was very effective on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bertola’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Reus.
Remy has a composed 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Bertola has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Bertola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 103 |
| Pts | 247-210 | 365-304 |
| Total Points | 457 | 669 |
| Winners | 104 | 163 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Duckworth played 3 matches while Bertola competed in 5 matches. Bertola started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James Duckworth dropped 1 set while Remy Bertola hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Duckworth has played 3 set(s) less than Bertola (7 vs 10). Therefore, Duckworth played 32 games less than Bertola. Duckworth scored 104 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss made 163 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Bertola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 7.6 |
| 1st in | 127/237 | 200/343 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 104/127 | 163/200 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 62/110 | 79/143 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 55% |
Duckworth struck 29 aces (9.7 per match). Bertola fired 38 aces (7.6 per match). Duckworth won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bertola won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Bertola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 46% | 44% |
| Conceded | 17 | 28 |
| Saved | 16 | 26 |
| % Saved | 94% | 93% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. James dropped his serve once and he saved 94% of the break points that he conceded. Bertola broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve twice and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Te |
R2 Escoffier |
1/4 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 32 | 71 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 74-65 | 103-92 | 247-210 | |
| Total points | 123 | 139 | 195 | 457 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 48 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 41/82 | 59/96 | 127/237 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 50% | 61% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 33/41 | 48/59 | 104/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 80% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/41 | 22/37 | 62/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 49% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 11/11 | 4/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 80% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bertola | |||||||
| Q1 Donskoy |
Q3 Santillan |
R1 Shimizu |
R2 Lam Coleman Wong |
1/4 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 7-65 | 7-66 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 103 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 74-66 | 90-82 | 76-64 | 55-36 | 365-304 | |
| Total points | 126 | 140 | 172 | 140 | 91 | 669 | |
| Winners | 27 | 29 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 163 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 52% | 46% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 33/67 | 35/67 | 58/95 | 47/71 | 27/43 | 200/343 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 52% | 61% | 66% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 29/35 | 47/58 | 35/47 | 25/27 | 163/200 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 81% | 74% | 93% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 16/32 | 16/37 | 13/24 | 12/16 | 79/143 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 43% | 54% | 75% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 60% | 20% | 38% | 75% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 28 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 4/5 | 12/12 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 100% | 80% | – | 120% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 1 Challenger
- Mark LajalLajal – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aoran Wang/Yi ZhouWang/Yi Zhou – Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Remy BertolaBertola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
