H2H, prediction of Roberto Carballes Baena vs James Duckworth at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Carballes Baena and Duckworth will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 15th of January

Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. James Duckworth

Roberto Carballes Baena and James Duckworth will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.9
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. James Duckworth

There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and James Duckworth since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Roberto Carballes Baena

Roberto Carballes Baena
Roberto Carballes Baena

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
57
High
49
WLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 37-31 10-12 24-13 2-4 1-2 0-0
2023 25-29 3-8 19-14 1-4 2-3 0-0
2022 46-33 3-8 41-23 2-1 0-1 0-0
2021 41-30 3-5 33-20 3-3 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 57, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Tabilo 1-6 6-2 6-3 7-6(1).

In the 1st round against Tabilo, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3 7-61). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 119 points vs Tabilo’s 104. Carballes Baena was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. Carballes Baena broke Tabilo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Carballes Baena has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (339-272). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Carballes Baena has a composed 36-57 record in the last years on hard.

Carballes Baena has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Carballes Baena
Australian Open
Carballes Baena's Record

James Duckworth

James Duckworth
James Duckworth

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
89
High
46
WLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 89, James reached the 2nd round after defeating Dominic Stricker 6-2 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Stricker (6-2 6-4 6-2). During the match Duckworth scored 86 points vs Stricker’s 61. James was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Duckworth bagged 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duckworth broke Stricker 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

James has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2021. See his history.

Duckworth
Australian Open
Duckworth's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Carballes Baena
J.Duckworth
!
2h:51
2h:51
Time on court​
1h:36
1h:36
!
2h:51
2h:51
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
1
1
Match played
1
1
37
37
Games Played​
26
26
4
4
Set played​​
3
3
119
119
Total points​
86
86
119
119
Avg point​
86
86
49
49
Winners
34
34
49
49
Avg Winners​
34
34
41%
41%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
10
10
7
7
Avg Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
49/75
49/75
1st won total​
34/40
34/40
65%
65%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
23/38
23/38
2nd won total​
19/29
19/29
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
5/6
5/6
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/6
5/6
50%
50%
Won
!
83%
83%
12
12
Conceded
1
1
12
12
Avg Conceded
1
1
4
4
Broken
0
0
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Carballes Baena Duckworth
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 3
Tot Games 37 26
Pts 119-104 86-61
Total Points 223 147
Winners 49 34
%Winners 41% 40%

Both Carballes Baena and Duckworth played 1 match. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena lost 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set more than Duckworth (4 vs 3). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 11 games more than Duckworth. Roberto scored 49 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Duckworth managed to score 34 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Carballes Baena Duckworth
Aces 7 10
Avg per match 7 10
1st in 75/113 40/69
%1st in 66% 58%
1st pts 49/75 34/40
%1st pts 65% 85%
2nd pts 23/38 19/29
%2nd pts 61% 66%

Carballes Baena bagged 7 aces . Duckworth struck 10 aces . Carballes Baena won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Carballes Baena Duckworth
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/6
% Converted 50% 83%
Conceded 12 1
Saved 8 1
% Saved 67% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carballes Baena surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Duckworth was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Carballes Baena
R1
Tabilo
Total
Score 1-6 6-2 6-3 7-61
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 37
pts 119-104 119-104
Total points 223 223
Winners 49 49
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 75/113 75/113
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 49/75 49/75
% 1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 23/38 23/38
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 8/12 8
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4
Duckworth
R1
Stricker
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 86-61 86-61
Total points 147 147
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 40/69 40/69
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 34/40 34/40
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 19/29 19/29
% 2nd pts 66% 66%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/6 5/6
Converted % 83% 83%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Carballes Baena
WLWWL
Duckworth
WLWWL
2025 2024 2023
3 - 2
3 - 2
3-2
Hard
3-2

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