James Duckworth and Matthew Dellavedova will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.056
Matthew Dellavedova -> 7.1

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Matthew Dellavedova

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Matthew Dellavedova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 106, James got to the 2^nd round after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-4 6-1). During the match, Duckworth scored 59 points vs Bouzige’s 34. James was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Duckworth managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) 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. Duckworth broke Bouzige 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (317-211). 18-19 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 215-125 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 defeated Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.

The Australian has an overall 39-33 win-loss record in 2025, 18-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Matthew Dellavedova

Ranked no. 423, Dellavedova reached the 2^nd round after defeating Filip Peliwo 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Matthew had a good straight sets win against Peliwo (6-2 6-2). During the match Dellavedova scored 60 points vs Peliwo’s 37. Matthew was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Dellavedova fired 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matthew Dellavedova was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dellavedova broke Peliwo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Bali and M25 Tamworth.

Dellavedova has a compiled 43-34 win-loss record in 2025, 30-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Dellavedova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	16
Pts	59-34	60-37
Total Points	93	97
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	43%

Both Duckworth and Dellavedova played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Dellavedova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Duckworth played 1 game more than Dellavedova. The Australian scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 26 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Dellavedova
Aces	8	3
Avg per match	8	3
1st in	29/42	32/40
%1st in	69%	80%
1st pts	26/29	26/32
%1st pts	90%	81%
2nd pts	10/13	6/8
%2nd pts	77%	75%

Duckworth bagged 8 aces . Dellavedova recorded 3 aces . Duckworth won 90% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Dellavedova won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Dellavedova
Won	3	4
Converted	3/4	4/11
% Converted	75%	36%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. James pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Matthew broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dellavedova was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Duckworth
	R1 Bouzige	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	59-34	59-34
Total points	93	93
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	29/42	29/42
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	26/29	26/29
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	10/13	10/13
% 2nd pts	77%	77%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Dellavedova
	R1 Peliwo	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-37	60-37
Total points	97	97
Winners	26	26
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	32/40	32/40
% 1st in	80%	80%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	6/8	6/8
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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