James Duckworth and Juan Alejandro Hernandez will clash against each other in the quarter of the Morelia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO TRES MARIAS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
James Duckworth -> 1.42
Juan Alejandro Hernandez -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Juan Alejandro Hernandez
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Juan Alejandro Hernandez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-33 | 17-19 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 5-6 | 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. 95, James reached the quarter after defeating Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros 6-1 6-3
and Tyler Zink 7-5 6-3.In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Zink (7-5 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 72 points vs Zink’s 54. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 69% (24/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Zink 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (286-187). 7-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an overall 204-113 match record in the last years on hard.
James has a composed 8-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelia Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Alejandro Hernandez
11 - 8win/loss
418
415
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-29 | 13-11 | 14-16 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-17 | 13-8 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 19-18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 18-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 595, the Mexican reached the quarter after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (7-5 6-2). During the match Alejandro scored 85 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 69. Juan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Alejandro managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Juan Alejandro Hernandez was very efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juan broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Alejandro’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Huamantla.
Alejandro has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 49 |
| Pts | 142-103 | 188-170 |
| Total Points | 245 | 358 |
| Winners | 35 | 75 |
| %Winners | 25% | 40% |
Both Duckworth and Alejandro played 2 matches. At the moment, Juan Alejandro Hernandez lost 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Alejandro (4 vs 5). Therefore, Duckworth played 12 games less than Alejandro. The Australian scored 35 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro recorded 75 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/107 | 113/177 |
| %1st in | 44% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 75/113 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 37/60 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
Duckworth made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Alejandro made 6 aces (3 per match). Duckworth won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro won 66% 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 | Alejandro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 53% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Duckworth broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Duckworth surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Fernando Rubio Fierros | R2 Zink | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 72-54 | 142-103 | |
| Total points | 119 | 126 | 245 | |
| Winners | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 26% | 25% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 25/60 | 47/107 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 42% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 19/25 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 24/35 | 37/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 69% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/4 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Alejandro | ||||
| R1 Mejia | R2 Pablo Ficovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 103-101 | 85-69 | 188-170 | |
| Total points | 204 | 154 | 358 | |
| Winners | 43 | 32 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 68/105 | 45/72 | 113/177 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 32/45 | 75/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 14/27 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/7 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 57% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 88% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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