James Duckworth and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the final of the Taipei Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 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 Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.69
James Duckworth -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Duckworth and Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Toyota Challenger back in 2016.
James Duckworth
36 - 31win/loss
86
46
LWWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-34 | 25-20 | 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. 113, James got to the final after beating Taro Daniel 2-6 7-6(2) 6-2, Michael Vrbensky 6-3 6-2, Kaichi Uchida 6-3 7-6(2) and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 54 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 43. Duckworth was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth was exceptionally effective on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duckworth was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lam Coleman Wong twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (314-209). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a composed 40-30 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.
James has a compiled 36-31 win-loss record in 2025, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Yoshihito Nishioka
24 - 22win/loss
110
24
WWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134, Yoshihito got to the final after defeating Shinji Hazawa 6-4 6-3, Jason Jung 7-5 6-2, Akira Santillan 6-2 5-7 6-4 and James McCabe 6-2 5-7 6-1.
In the semifinal, Yoshihito defeated McCabe (6-2 5-7 6-1). During the match Nishioka scored 87 points vs McCabe’s 69. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 77% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke McCabe 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Suzhou Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Japanese has an overall 24-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Nishioka has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 96 |
| Pts | 280-239 | 321-247 |
| Total Points | 519 | 568 |
| Winners | 116 | 123 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Duckworth and Nishioka played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth lost 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka dropped 2 sets. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Nishioka (9 vs 10). Therefore, Duckworth played 9 games less than Nishioka. James scored 116 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nishioka bagged 123 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 141/258 | 170/265 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 116/141 | 123/170 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 70/117 | 57/95 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 60% |
Duckworth bagged 37 aces (9.3 per match). Nishioka blasted 9 aces (2.3 per match). Duckworth won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 20 |
| Converted | 10/28 | 20/33 |
| % Converted | 36% | 61% |
| Conceded | 14 | 23 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 71% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 20 times with a 61% conversion rate. Yoshihito conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||||
| R1 Daniel |
R2 Vrbensky |
1/4 Uchida |
1/2 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-62 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-62 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 87 | |
| pts | 91-88 | 71-51 | 64-57 | 54-43 | 280-239 | |
| Total points | 179 | 122 | 121 | 97 | 519 | |
| Winners | 42 | 18 | 34 | 22 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 25% | 53% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 12 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 57/95 | 22/48 | 38/64 | 24/51 | 141/258 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 46% | 59% | 47% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 18/22 | 34/38 | 22/24 | 116/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 82% | 89% | 92% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 16/26 | 16/26 | 18/27 | 70/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 62% | 62% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/12 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 10/28 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 50% | 100% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 67% | 100% | – | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nishioka | ||||||
| R1 Hazawa |
R2 Jung |
1/4 Santillan |
1/2 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 96 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 74-51 | 89-68 | 87-69 | 321-247 | |
| Total points | 130 | 125 | 157 | 156 | 568 | |
| Winners | 31 | 21 | 37 | 34 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 28% | 42% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 26/50 | 46/73 | 53/69 | 170/265 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 52% | 63% | 77% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 21/26 | 37/46 | 34/53 | 123/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 81% | 80% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 15/24 | 15/27 | 11/16 | 57/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 63% | 56% | 69% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 | 5/5 | 7/14 | 20/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 100% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/2 | 5/8 | 3/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 0% | 63% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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