James Duckworth and Kaichi Uchida will play each other in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 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 James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.25
Kaichi Uchida -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Kaichi Uchida

This will be the 3^rd time that James Duckworth and Kaichi Uchida square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Duckworth won 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1^st round in the Playford Challenger back in 2023.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 113, James reached the quarter after beating Taro Daniel 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 and Michael Vrbensky 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-3 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 71 points vs Vrbensky’s 51. Duckworth was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth managed to score 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duckworth broke Vrbensky 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Duckworth has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (312-209). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a composed 38-30 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Australian has an aggregate 34-31 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 328, Kaichi reached the quarter after beating Mukund Sasikumar 7-6(5) 6-2 and Yuta Shimizu 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Kaichi had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (6-1 6-2). During the match Uchida scored 61 points vs Shimizu’s 34. Uchida was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Uchida bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Shimizu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Uchida hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom,M25 Sapporo,M25 Takasaki and M25 Perth.

The Japanese has an overall 40-28 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Uchida
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	46	36
Pts	162-139	139-97
Total Points	301	236
Winners	60	56
%Winners	37%	40%

Both Duckworth and Uchida played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth dropped 1 set while Kaichi Uchida hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Uchida (5 vs 4). Therefore, Duckworth played 10 games more than Uchida. James scored 60 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 56 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Uchida
Aces	15	13
Avg per match	7.5	6.5
1st in	79/143	67/113
%1st in	55%	59%
1st pts	60/79	56/67
%1st pts	76%	84%
2nd pts	36/64	25/46
%2nd pts	56%	54%

Duckworth struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Uchida bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Duckworth won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Uchida
Won	7	7
Converted	7/24	7/14
% Converted	29%	50%
Conceded	13	8
Saved	9	7
% Saved	69%	88%
Times Broken	4	1

The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Uchida conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Daniel	R2 Vrbensky	Total
Score	2-6 7-62 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	17	46
pts	91-88	71-51	162-139
Total points	179	122	301
Winners	42	18	60
%Winners	46%	25%	37%
SERVE
Aces	12	3	15
Double Faults	8	0	8
1st in	57/95	22/48	79/143
% 1st in	60%	46%	55%
1st pts	42/57	18/22	60/79
% 1st pts	74%	82%	76%
2nd pts	20/38	16/26	36/64
% 2nd pts	53%	62%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/12	4/12	7/24
Converted %	25%	33%	29%
Conceded	10	3	13
Saved	7/10	2/3	9
Saved %	70%	67%	69%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Uchida
	R1 Kumar Mukund	R2 Shimizu	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	15	36
pts	78-63	61-34	139-97
Total points	141	95	236
Winners	30	26	56
%Winners	38%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	13
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	37/64	30/49	67/113
% 1st in	58%	61%	59%
1st pts	30/37	26/30	56/67
% 1st pts	81%	87%	84%
2nd pts	18/27	7/19	25/46
% 2nd pts	67%	37%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/5	5/9	7/14
Converted %	40%	56%	50%
Conceded	1	7	8
Saved	1/1	6/7	7
Saved %	100%	86%	93%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

• Cheng-Peng Hsieh/Akira SantillanHsieh/Akira Santillan – Pruchya Isarow/Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaIsarow/Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-4 6-7⁴ 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Kaichi UchidaUchida (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction