James Duckworth and Alex Bolt will square off in the quarter of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.54
Alex Bolt -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 5^th time that James Duckworth and Alex Bolt clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bolt won 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in the Jingshan Challenger back in September 2025.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 106, Duckworth reached the quarter after beating Omar Jasika 6-0 3-2 ret. and Blake Ellis 3-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Ellis, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Duckworth scored 77 points vs Ellis’s 68. Duckworth was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Duckworth broke Ellis 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (316-210). 17-18 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a compiled 214-124 record in the last years on hard.

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

Duckworth has a composed 38-32 win-loss record in 2025, 17-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 238, Alex got to the quarter after defeating Filip Peliwo 6-4 6-2 and Marc Polmans 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-4 6-0). During the match Bolt scored 57 points vs Polmans’s 30. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Bolt bagged 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Bolt was very efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Polmans 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bolt hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Wuxi Challenger and the Jingshan Challenger.

Bolt has an overall 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Bolt
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	37	34
Pts	123-93	122-77
Total Points	216	199
Winners	53	53
%Winners	43%	43%

Both Duckworth and Bolt played 2 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Duckworth has played 2 sets more than Bolt (6 vs 4). Therefore, Duckworth played 3 games more than Bolt. Duckworth scored 53 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 53 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Bolt
Aces	7	14
Avg per match	3.5	7
1st in	67/109	72/96
%1st in	61%	75%
1st pts	53/67	53/72
%1st pts	79%	74%
2nd pts	24/42	15/24
%2nd pts	57%	63%

Duckworth recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bolt managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Duckworth won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Bolt
Won	7	9
Converted	7/15	9/18
% Converted	47%	50%
Conceded	9	8
Saved	7	6
% Saved	78%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Duckworth broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. James surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Jasika	R2 Ellis	Total
Score	6-0 3-2 ret.	3-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	11	26	37
pts	46-25	77-68	123-93
Total points	71	145	216
Winners	12	41	53
%Winners	26%	53%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	17/36	50/73	67/109
% 1st in	47%	68%	61%
1st pts	12/17	41/50	53/67
% 1st pts	71%	82%	79%
2nd pts	13/19	11/23	24/42
% 2nd pts	68%	48%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/9	3/6	7/15
Converted %	44%	50%	47%
Conceded	6	3	9
Saved	5/6	2/3	7
Saved %	83%	67%	75%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Bolt
	R1 Peliwo	R2 Polmans	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	16	34
pts	65-47	57-30	122-77
Total points	112	87	199
Winners	29	24	53
%Winners	45%	42%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	7	14
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	41/52	31/44	72/96
% 1st in	79%	70%	75%
1st pts	29/41	24/31	53/72
% 1st pts	71%	77%	74%
2nd pts	5/11	10/13	15/24
% 2nd pts	45%	77%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/10	4/8	9/18
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	5/7	1/1	6
Saved %	71%	100%	86%
Times Broken	2	0	2

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