James Duckworth and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the final of the Taipei Challenger for the 3^rd 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 3^rd 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

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

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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