James Duckworth and Bu Yunchaokete will clash against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.65
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Bu Yunchaokete
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Bu Yunchaokete clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger back in 2023.
James Duckworth
20 - 10win/loss
102
46
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-12 | 16-8 | 2-2 | 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, Duckworth reached the quarter after defeating Dane Sweeny 0-6 6-3 6-2 and Ricardas Berankis 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Berankis (6-1 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 61 points vs Berankis’s 29. James was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Berankis 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (289-186). 13-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 208-115 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 20-10 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Bu Yunchaokete
12 - 7win/loss
239
164
WWWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 15-5 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 167, the Chinese got to the quarter after defeating Federico Cina 6-1 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Bu had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-4). During the match Yunchaokete scored 74 points vs Escoffier’s 60. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Yunchaokete fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Escoffier 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Bu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Gwangju Challenger.
Yunchaokete has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 |
| Pts | 137-100 | 134-95 |
| Total Points | 237 | 229 |
| Winners | 46 | 53 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Duckworth and Yunchaokete played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth lost 1 set while Bu Yunchaokete hasn’t dropped a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Yunchaokete (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (37). The Australian scored 46 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Bu made 53 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 59/112 | 67/113 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 53/67 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 59% |
Duckworth recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Yunchaokete blasted 15 aces (7.5 per match). Duckworth won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/22 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 58% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Duckworth lost his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Bu broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Yunchaokete conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 | 37 | |
| pts | 76-71 | 61-29 | 137-100 | |
| Total points | 147 | 90 | 237 | |
| Winners | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 26% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 22/40 | 59/112 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 16/22 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 12/18 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 67% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/12 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 67% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Yunchaokete | ||||
| R1 Cina |
R2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 74-60 | 134-95 | |
| Total points | 95 | 134 | 229 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 41/69 | 67/113 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 30/41 | 53/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 16/28 | 27/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 57% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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