James Duckworth and Michael Vrbensky will square off in the 2nd round of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm 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 James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.123
Michael Vrbensky -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Michael Vrbensky

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

James Duckworth

James Duckworth

33 - 31win/loss

Hard
15-18
I Hard
7-3
Clay
6-4
Grass
5-6
Rank
106
High
46
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-33 17-19 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
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Ranked no. 113, James reached the 2nd round after beating Taro Daniel 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2.

In the 1st round against Daniel, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-62 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 91 points vs Daniel’s 88. James was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth made 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Daniel 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (311-209). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 37-30 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Australian has a compiled 33-31 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Taipei Challenger
Duckworth's Record

Michael Vrbensky

Michael Vrbensky

24 - 28win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
4-5
Clay
19-20
Rank
636
High
277
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-30 3-3 19-20 4-7 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 4-4 32-18 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 58-28 11-6 44-21 3-1 0-0 0-0
2022 54-27 7-3 37-16 10-7 0-0 0-1
2021 17-24 2-1 14-21 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 715, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Chun-Chien Hou 7-6(4) 6-4, Michael Zhu 6-4 6-3 and Sidharth Rawat 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4.

In the 1st round, Vrbensky defeated Rawat (6-4 6-73 6-4). During the match Vrbensky scored 111 points vs Rawat’s 96. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Vrbensky struck 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Michael Vrbensky was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Vrbensky broke Rawat 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Vrbensky’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Opatija.

The Czech has a composed 24-28 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Vrbensky has never competed in this tournament before.

Taipei Challenger
Vrbensky's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Duckworth
M.Vrbensky
2h:10
2h:10
Time on court​
!
5h:35
5h:35
!
2h:10
2h:10
Last match​
!
2h:20
2h:20
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
29
29
Games Played​
75
75
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
91
91
Total points​
266
266
91
91
Avg point​
88.7
88.7
42
42
Winners
104
104
42
42
Avg Winners​
34.7
34.7
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
16
16
!
12
12
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
8
8
Double Faults
23
23
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
!
7.7
7.7
42/57
42/57
1st won total​
104/132
104/132
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
20/38
20/38
2nd won total​
49/100
49/100
53%
53%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
3/12
3/12
BP won
11/32
11/32
3/12
3/12
Avg BP won
3.7/10.7
3.7/10.7
!
25%
25%
Won
34%
34%
10
10
Conceded
18
18
10
10
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
7
7
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Duckworth Vrbensky
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 29 75
Pts 91-88 266-227
Total Points 179 493
Winners 42 104
%Winners 46% 39%

Duckworth played 1 match while Vrbensky competed in 3 matches. Vrbensky started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 1 set, while Michael Vrbensky lost 1 set. Duckworth has played 4 set(s) less than Vrbensky (3 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 46 games less than Vrbensky. James scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Michael scored 104 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Duckworth Vrbensky
Aces 12 16
Avg per match 12 5.3
1st in 57/95 132/232
%1st in 60% 57%
1st pts 42/57 104/132
%1st pts 74% 79%
2nd pts 20/38 49/100
%2nd pts 53% 49%

Duckworth managed to score 12 aces . Vrbensky bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Duckworth won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Duckworth Vrbensky
Won 3 11
Converted 3/12 11/32
% Converted 25% 34%
Conceded 10 18
Saved 7 12
% Saved 70% 67%
Times Broken 3 6

Duckworth broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. James dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. Vrbensky conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
R1
Daniel		 Total
Score 2-6 7-62 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 91-88 91-88
Total points 179 179
Winners 42 42
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 57/95 57/95
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 42/57 42/57
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 20/38 20/38
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/12 3/12
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 7/10 7
Saved % 70% 70%
Times Broken 3 3
Vrbensky
Q1
Hou		 Q3
Zhu		 R1
Rawat		 Total
Score 7-64 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-73 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 23 19 33 75
pts 92-80 63-51 111-96 266-227
Total points 172 114 207 493
Winners 37 25 42 104
%Winners 40% 40% 38% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 10 16
Double Faults 10 7 6 23
1st in 45/80 33/64 54/88 132/232
% 1st in 56% 52% 61% 57%
1st pts 37/45 25/33 42/54 104/132
% 1st pts 82% 76% 78% 79%
2nd pts 17/35 14/31 18/34 49/100
% 2nd pts 49% 45% 53% 49%
Breaks
Won 2 4 5 11
Converted 2/12 4/4 5/16 11/32
Converted % 17% 100% 31% 34%
Conceded 10 3 5 18
Saved 9/10 1/3 2/5 12
Saved % 90% 33% 40% 163%
Times Broken 1 2 3 6

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

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