James Duckworth and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.47
Ricardas Berankis -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Ricardas Berankis
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Ricardas Berankis face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Berankis won 7-5 2-6 7-6(4) 6-0 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2021.
James Duckworth
19 - 10win/loss
103
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LLWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-13 | 16-8 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 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, James reached the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 0-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sweeny, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 76 points vs Sweeny’s 71. Duckworth was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth blasted 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 51% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (288-186). 12-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 207-115 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.
Duckworth has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-14 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 329, Berankis reached the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 3-6 6-1, Yanki Erel 6-4 7-64 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-2 6-3). During the match Berankis scored 63 points vs Kachmazov’s 41. The Lithuanian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Berankis struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Lithuanian broke Kachmazov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Berankis’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
The Lithuanian has a compiled 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 64 |
| Pts | 76-71 | 228-180 |
| Total Points | 147 | 408 |
| Winners | 30 | 91 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Duckworth played 1 match while Berankis competed in 3 matches. Berankis started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 1 set, while Ricardas Berankis conceded 1 set. Duckworth has played 4 set(s) less than Berankis (3 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 41 games less than Berankis. Duckworth scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Richard struck 91 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 116/195 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 91/116 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 45/79 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 57% |
Duckworth scored 11 aces . Berankis fired 15 aces (5 per match). Duckworth won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 40% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 43% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Duckworth broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Richard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-71 | 76-71 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 37/72 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Berankis | |||||
| Q1 Ramanathan |
Q3 Erel |
R1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 23 | 17 | 64 | |
| pts | 81-64 | 84-75 | 63-41 | 228-180 | |
| Total points | 145 | 159 | 104 | 408 | |
| Winners | 34 | 35 | 22 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 41/77 | 31/46 | 116/195 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 67% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 35/41 | 22/31 | 91/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 85% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 19/36 | 12/15 | 45/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 53% | 80% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 1/3 | 4/12 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 33% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/5 | 0/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 0% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Li TuTu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Dane SweenySweeny (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Yi ZhouZhou (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Jie CuiCui (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Jiaji WangWang (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Federico CinaCina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rigele TeTe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Adam WaltonWalton (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rigele TeTe – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yan BaiBai (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
