James Duckworth and Rio Noguchi will play each other in the 1st round of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE 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 James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.
James Duckworth -> 1.28
Rio Noguchi -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Rio Noguchi
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Rio Noguchi square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Duckworth won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Bengaluru Challenger back in 2023.
James Duckworth
32 - 30win/loss
106
46
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-33 | 19-19 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 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. 108, the Australian will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in Almaty where he lost 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2 to Medvedev in the semifinal on the 18th of October.
James has a composed 32-30 win-loss record in 2025, 15-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 523-349 record. He has a positive 303-200 record on hard.
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-30 | 36-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Rio will start his run in the Seoul Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-3
to Uchida in the 1st round on the 15th of October.Noguchi has a composed 33-26 win-loss record in 2025, 33-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he beat Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.
In terms of his career, Noguchi has an overall 362-254 record. He has a positive 257-166 record on hard.
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
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