Adam Walton and James Duckworth will clash against each other in the quarter of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.666
James Duckworth -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 4th time that Adam Walton and James Duckworth fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Duckworth won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Hangzhou Challenger back in 2024.
Adam Walton
30 - 21win/loss
84
84
LWWWLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-22 | 27-15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-37 | 46-27 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Adam got to the quarter after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-6(5) 6-2 and Nishesh Basavareddy 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Basavareddy (6-1 6-0). During the match, Walton scored 57 points vs Basavareddy’s 25. Adam was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Adam Walton was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Adam broke Basavareddy 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (191-109). 26-14 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has an aggregate175-83 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Brisbane 2 Challenger where he defeated Jason Murray Kubler in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(4).
Adam has an overall 29-21 win-loss record in 2025, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Adam has never competed in this tournament before.
James Duckworth
23 - 21win/loss
108
46
LWWLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-21 | 11-9 | 6-4 | 1-2 | 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. 113, Duckworth got to the quarter after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-3 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 70 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 58. James was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Duckworth struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he defeated Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.
Duckworth has an overall 23-20 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 38 |
| Pts | 131-85 | 141-114 |
| Total Points | 216 | 255 |
| Winners | 46 | 46 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Both Walton and Duckworth played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Duckworth have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Walton played 4 games less than Duckworth. Walton scored 46 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 46 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 59/107 | 67/132 |
| %1st in | 55% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 46/67 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 28/48 | 41/65 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 63% |
Walton fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Duckworth made 16 aces (8 per match). Walton won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 62% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Adam broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Walton lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. James conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Pacheco |
R2 Basavareddy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 13 | 34 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 57-25 | 131-85 | |
| Total points | 134 | 82 | 216 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/67 | 24/40 | 59/107 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 60% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 19/24 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 11/16 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 69% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/10 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Mannarino |
R2 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 70-58 | 141-114 | |
| Total points | 127 | 128 | 255 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/67 | 28/65 | 67/132 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 43% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 20/28 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 22/37 | 41/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 59% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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