James Duckworth and Blake Ellis will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 10. 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 -> 1.138
Blake Ellis -> 4.8

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Blake Ellis

This will be the 2^nd time that James Duckworth and Blake Ellis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Duckworth won 7-6(0) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Cary Challenger back in 2018.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 106, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after beating Omar Jasika 6-0 3-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Jasika, the Australian had a free pass after Jasika retired on a 6-0 3-2 . scoreline.

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (315-210). 16-18 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has an overall 213-124 match record in the last years on hard.

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 an aggregate 37-32 win-loss record in 2025, 16-18 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger

Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.

Blake Ellis

Ranked no. 445, Ellis reached the 2^nd round after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Blake had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-1 6-4). During the match Ellis scored 58 points vs Bouzige’s 36. Ellis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Ellis managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Blake Ellis was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ellis broke Bouzige 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Ellis’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill.

Ellis has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Ellis
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	11	17
Pts	46-25	58-36
Total Points	71	94
Winners	12	23
%Winners	26%	40%

Both Duckworth and Ellis played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Ellis (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Duckworth played 6 games less than Ellis. Duckworth scored 12 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Blake scored 23 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Ellis
Aces	3	9
Avg per match	3	9
1st in	17/36	28/46
%1st in	47%	61%
1st pts	12/17	23/28
%1st pts	71%	82%
2nd pts	13/19	11/18
%2nd pts	68%	61%

Duckworth bagged 3 aces . Ellis made 9 aces . Duckworth won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Ellis won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Ellis
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/6
% Converted	44%	67%
Conceded	6	2
Saved	5	1
% Saved	83%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

James broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. James dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Ellis broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Blake conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Jasika	Total
Score	6-0 3-2 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	11	11
pts	46-25	46-25
Total points	71	71
Winners	12	12
%Winners	26%	26%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	17/36	17/36
% 1st in	47%	47%
1st pts	12/17	12/17
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	13/19	13/19
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Ellis
	R1 Bouzige	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-36	58-36
Total points	94	94
Winners	23	23
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	28/46	28/46
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	23/28	23/28
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Brisbane 3 Challenger

• Dane SweenySweeny – Tai SachSach (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Emile HuddHudd (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernard TomicTomic – Marek GengelGengel (7-5 3-6 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – Mees RottgeringRottgering (6-7² 6-3 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Blake EllisEllis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernard TomicTomic – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alex BoltBolt (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction