James Duckworth and Ugo Blanchet will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Almaty Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Ugo Blanchet who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ugo Blanchet is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Blanchet -> 1.63
James Duckworth -> 2.27

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Ugo Blanchet

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

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 103, James got to the 1^st round after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-3 1-0 ret. and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 4-6 7-5.

In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Kukushkin (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match, Duckworth scored 94 points vs Kukushkin’s 81. James was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth overwhelmed his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 74% of his first serves in, winning 89% (55/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Kukushkin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (307-207). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 33-29 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.

Duckworth has a compiled 29-29 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Ugo Blanchet

Ranked no. 151, Blanchet got to the 1^st round after beating Ilia Simakin 6-3 6-7(8) 7-6(5) and Rinky Hijikata 7-5 6-2.

In the qualifications, Blanchet had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (7-5 6-2). During the match Blanchet scored 63 points vs Hijikata’s 40. Ugo was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Blanchet struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ugo Blanchet was quite effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanchet broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blanchet started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).

Blanchet has an overall 30-24 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Ugo has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Blanchet
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	5
Tot Games	42	55
Pts	136-104	187-156
Total Points	240	343
Winners	70	86
%Winners	51%	46%

Both Duckworth and Blanchet played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth surrendered 1 set, while Ugo Blanchet surrendered 1 set. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Blanchet (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Duckworth played 13 games less than Blanchet. The Australian scored 70 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ugo struck 86 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Blanchet
Aces	26	17
Avg per match	13	8.5
1st in	77/104	110/175
%1st in	74%	63%
1st pts	70/77	86/110
%1st pts	91%	78%
2nd pts	15/27	38/65
%2nd pts	56%	58%

Duckworth made 26 aces (13 per match). Blanchet recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Duckworth won 91% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Blanchet won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Blanchet
Won	4	5
Converted	4/13	5/12
% Converted	31%	42%
Conceded	4	8
Saved	3	7
% Saved	75%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

The Australian broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Blanchet broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Blanchet conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	Q1 Purtseladze	Q3 Kukushkin	Total
Score	6-3 1-0 ret.	6-4 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	10	32	42
pts	42-23	94-81	136-104
Total points	65	175	240
Winners	15	55	70
%Winners	36%	59%	51%
SERVE
Aces	5	21	26
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	15/20	62/84	77/104
% 1st in	75%	74%	74%
1st pts	15/15	55/62	70/77
% 1st pts	100%	89%	91%
2nd pts	5/5	10/22	15/27
% 2nd pts	100%	45%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/6	2/7	4/13
Converted %	33%	29%	31%
Conceded	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	3/4	3
Saved %	–	75%	38%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Blanchet
	Q1 Simakin	Q3 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-3 6-78 7-65	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	20	55
pts	124-116	63-40	187-156
Total points	240	103	343
Winners	56	30	86
%Winners	45%	48%	46%
SERVE
Aces	13	4	17
Double Faults	5	1	6
1st in	74/126	36/49	110/175
% 1st in	59%	73%	63%
1st pts	56/74	30/36	86/110
% 1st pts	76%	83%	78%
2nd pts	30/52	8/13	38/65
% 2nd pts	58%	62%	58%
Breaks
Won	1	4	5
Converted	1/7	4/5	5/12
Converted %	14%	80%	42%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	7/7	0/1	7
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Marko TopoTopo – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (3-6 7-6³ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(6)) – See score progression

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