Flavio Cobolli and James Duckworth will clash against each other in the quarter of the Almaty Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.42
James Duckworth -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth

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

The last time that they played, Cobolli won 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs James Duckworth – U.S. Open 27-August-2024

Flavio Cobolli

Ranked no. 22, Flavio got to the quarter after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 7-5). During the match, Cobolli scored 68 points vs Hijikata’s 56. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cobolli bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was very efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Cobolli has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (221-167). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cobolli has a composed15-27 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Bucharest where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Hamburg where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Cobolli has an aggregate 31-25 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Cobolli has never competed in this tournament before.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 138, James got to the quarter after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-3 1-0 ret., Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 4-6 7-5, Ugo Blanchet 6-3 6-4 and Gabriel Diallo 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Duckworth defeated Diallo (7-6³ 6-7³ 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 110 points vs Diallo’s 100. Duckworth was very aggressive to blast 60 winners.

About the serving games, Duckworth struck 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. James Duckworth conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 67% of his first serves in, win 94% (60/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Diallo once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

James has a compiled 31-29 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 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 (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cobolli	Duckworth
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	2	11
Tot Games	22	97
Pts	68-56	309-253
Total Points	124	562
Winners	32	154
%Winners	47%	50%

Cobolli played 1 match while Duckworth competed in 4 matches. Duckworth started his run from the qualifications while Cobolli had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, James Duckworth lost 2 sets while Flavio Cobolli hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cobolli has played 9 set(s) less than Duckworth (2 vs 11). Therefore, Cobolli played 75 games less than Duckworth. Flavio scored 32 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, James made 154 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cobolli	Duckworth
Aces	9	45
Avg per match	9	11.3
1st in	41/58	170/256
%1st in	71%	66%
1st pts	32/41	154/170
%1st pts	78%	91%
2nd pts	9/17	49/86
%2nd pts	53%	57%

Cobolli blasted 9 aces . Duckworth recorded 45 aces (11.3 per match). Cobolli won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cobolli	Duckworth
Won	3	7
Converted	3/5	7/29
% Converted	60%	24%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	5
% Saved	0%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Flavio broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 7 times with a 24% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Cobolli
	R2 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	68-56	68-56
Total points	124	124
Winners	32	32
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/58	41/58
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	32/41	32/41
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/17	9/17
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Duckworth
	Q1 Purtseladze	Q3 Kukushkin	R1 Blanchet	R2 Diallo	Total
Score	6-3 1-0 ret.	6-4 4-6 7-5	6-3 6-4	7-63 6-73 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	10	32	19	36	97
pts	42-23	94-81	63-49	110-100	309-253
Total points	65	175	112	210	562
Winners	15	55	24	60	154
%Winners	36%	59%	38%	55%	50%
SERVE
Aces	5	21	9	10	45
Double Faults	0	2	1	5	8
1st in	15/20	62/84	29/57	64/95	170/256
% 1st in	75%	74%	51%	67%	66%
1st pts	15/15	55/62	24/29	60/64	154/170
% 1st pts	100%	89%	83%	94%	91%
2nd pts	5/5	10/22	19/28	15/31	49/86
% 2nd pts	100%	45%	68%	48%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2	2	1	7
Converted	2/6	2/7	2/8	1/8	7/29
Converted %	33%	29%	25%	13%	24%
Conceded	0	4	2	0	6
Saved	0/0	3/4	2/2	0/0	5
Saved %	–	75%	100%	–	175%
Times Broken	0	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – James Duckworth/Adam WaltonDuckworth/Adam Walton (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction