James Duckworth and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Boss Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. 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.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.74
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 92, Duckworth reached the qualifications after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-3 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Duckworth scored 84 points vs Hassan’s 73. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. James broke Hassan twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (295-193). 1-1 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a composed 30-28 match record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.

James has an overall 17-15 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 133, the Georgean reached the qualifications after beating Hugo Grenier 2-6 7-6(11) 6-2.

In the qualifications against Grenier, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6¹¹ 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 107 points vs Grenier’s 99. The Georgean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili made 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was very efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 64% (30/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Georgean broke Grenier twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Nikoloz’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.

Nikoloz has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stuttgart

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019, 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Basilashvili
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	29
Pts	84-73	107-99
Total Points	157	206
Winners	38	33
%Winners	45%	31%

Both Duckworth and Basilashvili played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Basilashvili (2 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 7 games less than Basilashvili. James scored 38 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz fired 33 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Basilashvili
Aces	6	14
Avg per match	6	14
1st in	50/88	40/87
%1st in	57%	46%
1st pts	38/50	33/40
%1st pts	76%	83%
2nd pts	19/38	30/47
%2nd pts	50%	64%

Duckworth managed to score 6 aces . Basilashvili fired 14 aces . Duckworth won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Basilashvili
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	7	4
Saved	6	2
% Saved	86%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

Duckworth broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Basilashvili conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	Q1 Hassan	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	84-73	84-73
Total points	157	157
Winners	38	38
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	50/88	50/88
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	38/50	38/50
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	19/38	19/38
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Basilashvili
	Q1 Grenier	Total
Score	2-6 7-611 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	107-99	107-99
Total points	206	206
Winners	33	33
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	40/87	40/87
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	33/40	33/40
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	30/47	30/47
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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