H2H, prediction of James Duckworth vs Adam Walton in Taipei Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 17th May 2024

PREVIEW. Taipei Challenger. Duckworth and Walton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Taipei Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 17th of May

Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Adam Walton

James Duckworth and Adam Walton will play each other in the semifinal of the Taipei Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.83
Adam Walton -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Adam Walton

This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Adam Walton 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 locked horns, Duckworth won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Stanford Challenger back in 2023.

James Duckworth

James Duckworth
James Duckworth

23 - 11win/loss

Hard
16-7
I Hard
5-2
Clay
2-2
Rank
82
High
46
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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. 102, Duckworth got to the semifinal after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-3 6-4, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-62 and Arthur Fery 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-5 7-5). During the match, Duckworth scored 82 points vs Fery’s 62. Duckworth was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth bagged 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Fery 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Duckworth hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (292-187). 16-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 211-116 record in the last years on hard.

James’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.

James has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Duckworth
Taipei Challenger
Duckworth's Record

Adam Walton

Adam Walton
Adam Walton

34 - 15win/loss

Hard
34-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-1
Rank
90
High
86
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 54-37 46-27 0-2 4-3 4-5 0-0
2023 56-30 53-26 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0
2022 41-12 41-10 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0
2021 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Walton reached the semifinal after defeating Yuta Shimizu 7-65 6-0, Ji Sung Nam 6-0 6-3 and Ricardas Berankis 6-3 7-67.

In the quarter, Walton had a good straight sets win against Berankis (6-3 7-67). During the match Walton scored 78 points vs Berankis’s 61. Walton was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Walton made 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Adam Walton was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Berankis twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Adam hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he beat Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).

Adam has a composed 34-15 win-loss record in 2024, 34-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Walton
Taipei Challenger
Walton's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Duckworth
A.Walton
4h:55
4h:55
Time on court​
4h:28
4h:28
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
3
3
Match played
3
3
66
66
Games Played​
56
56
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
232
232
Total points​
220
220
77.3
77.3
Avg point​
73.3
73.3
91
91
Winners
97
97
30.3
30.3
Avg Winners​
32.3
32.3
39%
39%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
9
9
7.7
7.7
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
91/112
91/112
1st won total​
97/125
97/125
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
49/79
49/79
2nd won total​
34/58
34/58
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
8/18
8/18
BP won
10/25
10/25
2.7/6
2.7/6
Avg BP won
3.3/8.3
3.3/8.3
44%
44%
Won
40%
40%
12
12
Conceded
8
8
4
4
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
2
2
Broken
2
2
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
10
10
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Duckworth Walton
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 66 56
Pts 232-185 220-152
Total Points 417 372
Winners 91 97
%Winners 39% 44%

Both Duckworth and Walton played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Walton have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Duckworth played 10 games more than Walton. The Australian scored 91 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Walton bagged 97 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Duckworth Walton
Aces 23 9
Avg per match 7.7 3
1st in 112/191 125/183
%1st in 59% 68%
1st pts 91/112 97/125
%1st pts 81% 78%
2nd pts 49/79 34/58
%2nd pts 62% 59%

Duckworth fired 23 aces (7.7 per match). Walton fired 9 aces (3 per match). Duckworth won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 78% of the points on 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 Walton
Won 8 10
Converted 8/18 10/25
% Converted 44% 40%
Conceded 12 8
Saved 10 6
% Saved 83% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Adam conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
R1
Kumar Mukund
R2
Ramanathan
1/4
Fery
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 7-62 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 23 24 66
pts 67-50 83-73 82-62 232-185
Total points 117 156 144 417
Winners 22 38 31 91
%Winners 33% 46% 38% 39%
SERVE
Aces 6 12 5 23
Double Faults 1 1 0 2
1st in 27/56 47/69 38/66 112/191
% 1st in 48% 68% 58% 59%
1st pts 22/27 38/47 31/38 91/112
% 1st pts 81% 81% 82% 81%
2nd pts 17/29 14/22 18/28 49/79
% 2nd pts 59% 64% 64% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 1 3 8
Converted 4/8 1/3 3/7 8/18
Converted % 50% 33% 43% 44%
Conceded 5 4 3 12
Saved 4/5 4/4 2/3 10
Saved % 80% 100% 67% 82%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2
Walton
R1
Shimizu
R2
Sung Nam
1/4
Berankis
Total
Score 7-65 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 7-67
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 15 22 56
pts 76-53 66-38 78-61 220-152
Total points 129 104 139 372
Winners 28 28 41 97
%Winners 37% 42% 53% 44%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 5 9
Double Faults 1 1 0 2
1st in 39/60 33/51 53/72 125/183
% 1st in 65% 65% 74% 68%
1st pts 28/39 28/33 41/53 97/125
% 1st pts 72% 85% 77% 78%
2nd pts 13/21 9/18 12/19 34/58
% 2nd pts 62% 50% 63% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 10
Converted 4/10 4/9 2/6 10/25
Converted % 40% 44% 33% 40%
Conceded 3 1 4 8
Saved 2/3 1/1 3/4 6
Saved % 67% 100% 75% 81%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Duckworth
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Walton
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2024 2023 2022
42 - 29
54 - 37
23-14
Hard
46-27
7-7
I Hard
4-3
2-3
Clay
0-2
10-5
Grass
4-5

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

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