Gabriel Diallo and James Duckworth will square off in the 2^nd round of the Almaty Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Gabriel Diallo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gabriel Diallo is the pick to win this match.
Gabriel Diallo -> 1.28
James Duckworth -> 3.65

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Prediction and head to head Gabriel Diallo vs. James Duckworth

This will be the 2^nd time that Gabriel Diallo and James Duckworth fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Diallo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Diallo won 6-3 7-6(5) in the qualifications in Montreal back in 2022.

Gabriel Diallo

Ranked no. 35, Diallo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Amir Omarkhanov 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Gabriel had a good straight sets win against Omarkhanov (6-3 6-1). During the match, Diallo scored 60 points vs Omarkhanov’s 36. Gabriel was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Diallo recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gabriel Diallo was pretty efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gabriel broke Omarkhanov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Diallo has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (169-102). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diallo has an overall49-24 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where he overcame Zizou Bergs in the final 7-5 7-6(8).

Diallo has an aggregate 36-26 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 138, James reached the 2^nd round after defeating Saba Purtseladze 6-3 1-0 ret., Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Ugo Blanchet 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-3 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 63 points vs Blanchet’s 49. James was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Duckworth managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James Duckworth was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. James broke Blanchet twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

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

Duckworth has a composed 30-29 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diallo	Duckworth
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	61
Pts	60-36	199-153
Total Points	96	352
Winners	25	94
%Winners	42%	47%

Diallo played 1 match while Duckworth competed in 3 matches. Duckworth started his run from the qualifications while Diallo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James Duckworth lost 1 set while Gabriel Diallo hasn’t lost a set so far. Diallo has played 6 set(s) less than Duckworth (2 vs 8). Therefore, Diallo played 45 games less than Duckworth. Gabriel scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 94 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diallo	Duckworth
Aces	5	35
Avg per match	5	11.7
1st in	27/37	106/161
%1st in	73%	66%
1st pts	25/27	94/106
%1st pts	93%	89%
2nd pts	7/10	34/55
%2nd pts	70%	62%

Diallo managed to score 5 aces . Duckworth recorded 35 aces (11.7 per match). Diallo won 93% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diallo	Duckworth
Won	4	6
Converted	4/11	6/21
% Converted	36%	29%
Conceded	0	6
Saved	0	5
% Saved	0%	83%
Times Broken	0	1

Diallo broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Canadian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. James broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. James conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Diallo
	R1 Omarkhanov	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-36	60-36
Total points	96	96
Winners	25	25
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	27/37	27/37
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	25/27	25/27
% 1st pts	93%	93%
2nd pts	7/10	7/10
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Duckworth
	Q1 Purtseladze	Q3 Kukushkin	R1 Blanchet	Total
Score	6-3 1-0 ret.	6-4 4-6 7-5	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	10	32	19	61
pts	42-23	94-81	63-49	199-153
Total points	65	175	112	352
Winners	15	55	24	94
%Winners	36%	59%	38%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	21	9	35
Double Faults	0	2	1	3
1st in	15/20	62/84	29/57	106/161
% 1st in	75%	74%	51%	66%
1st pts	15/15	55/62	24/29	94/106
% 1st pts	100%	89%	83%	89%
2nd pts	5/5	10/22	19/28	34/55
% 2nd pts	100%	45%	68%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	2	2	6
Converted	2/6	2/7	2/8	6/21
Converted %	33%	29%	25%	29%
Conceded	0	4	2	6
Saved	0/0	3/4	2/2	5
Saved %	–	75%	100%	175%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 6-7³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Bernard TomicTomic (6-1 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Theo Arribage/Albano OlivettiArribage/Albano Olivetti – N.Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthBalaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Amir OmarkhanovOmarkhanov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6(3) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction