James Duckworth and Li Tu will play each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 9. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.75
Li Tu -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Li Tu
This will be the 6th time that James Duckworth and Li Tu clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), but Tu has a winning record of 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Tu won 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2025.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-12 | 9-8 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 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. 97, James reached the qualifications after beating Terence Atmane 7-6(5) 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Atmane (7-65 7-64). During the match, Duckworth scored 82 points vs Atmane’s 75. James was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Atmane twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (283-184). 4-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has an aggregate 201-110 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-11 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177, Li reached the qualifications after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Li had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 6-4). During the match Tu scored 65 points vs Mannarino’s 54. Li was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Li Tu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (34/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Tu broke Mannarino twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Australian has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 |
| Pts | 82-75 | 65-54 |
| Total Points | 157 | 119 |
| Winners | 29 | 34 |
| %Winners | 35% | 52% |
Both Duckworth and Tu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Tu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 7 games more than Tu. Duckworth scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Li managed to score 34 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 38/81 | 43/67 |
| %1st in | 47% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 34/43 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Duckworth made 4 aces . Tu fired 6 aces . Duckworth won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
James broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Tu broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Duckworth | |||
| Q1 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/81 | 38/81 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tu | |||
| Q1 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 43/67 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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