James Duckworth and Tyler Zink will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Morelia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO TRES MARIAS. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.26
Tyler Zink -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Tyler Zink

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Tyler Zink since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 95, James reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Fernando Rubio Fierros (6-1 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 70 points vs Fernando Rubio Fierros’s 49. Duckworth was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Fernando Rubio Fierros 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (285-187). 6-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an overall 203-113 match record in the last years on hard.

Duckworth has an overall 7-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Morelia Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Tyler Zink

Ranked no. 425, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rafael De Alba 6-3 6-4, Aidan Mayo 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Alfredo Perez 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-4 7-6³). During the match Zink scored 72 points vs Perez’s 68. Tyler was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Zink struck 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tyler Zink lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zink put 55% of his first serves in, winning 90% (38/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Perez twice.

Zink’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Ithaca,the Cleveland Challenger and M15 Sunrise.

Tyler has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Zink
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	16	71
Pts	70-49	236-207
Total Points	119	443
Winners	16	96
%Winners	23%	41%

Duckworth played 1 match while Zink competed in 3 matches. Zink started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tyler Zink surrendered 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 5 set(s) less than Zink (2 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 55 games less than Zink. James scored 16 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, Tyler made 96 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Zink
Aces	5	17
Avg per match	5	5.7
1st in	22/47	126/245
%1st in	47%	51%
1st pts	16/22	96/126
%1st pts	73%	76%
2nd pts	13/25	63/119
%2nd pts	52%	53%

Duckworth managed to score 5 aces . Zink fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Duckworth won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zink won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Zink
Won	6	10
Converted	6/13	10/18
% Converted	46%	56%
Conceded	4	21
Saved	2	15
% Saved	50%	71%
Times Broken	2	6

The Australian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zink conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Fernando Rubio Fierros	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	70-49	70-49
Total points	119	119
Winners	16	16
%Winners	23%	23%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	22/47	22/47
% 1st in	47%	47%
1st pts	16/22	16/22
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
Converted %	46%	46%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Zink
	Q1 De	Q3 Mayo	R1 Perez	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-3	6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	29	23	71
pts	68-50	96-89	72-68	236-207
Total points	118	185	140	443
Winners	21	37	38	96
%Winners	31%	39%	53%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	4	17
Double Faults	5	4	6	15
1st in	26/60	58/108	42/77	126/245
% 1st in	43%	54%	55%	51%
1st pts	21/26	37/58	38/42	96/126
% 1st pts	81%	64%	90%	76%
2nd pts	19/34	30/50	14/35	63/119
% 2nd pts	56%	60%	40%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	10
Converted	4/10	4/6	2/2	10/18
Converted %	40%	67%	100%	56%
Conceded	3	12	6	21
Saved	1/3	9/12	5/6	15
Saved %	33%	75%	83%	191%
Times Broken	2	3	1	6

Tennis Scores in Morelia Challenger

• Tyler ZinkZink – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – James McCabeMcCabe (6-7⁹ 7-6¹ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (4-6 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(6) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Tyler ZinkZink (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernard TomicTomic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction