James Duckworth and Beibit Zhukayev will square off in the quarter of the Mexico City Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO. 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 -> 1.17
Beibit Zhukayev -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 7th time that James Duckworth and Beibit Zhukayev square off. The head to head is 5-1 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Duckworth won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in the San Luis Potosi Challenger back in April 2026.
James Duckworth
12 - 11win/loss
65
46
LLWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-24 | 13-14 | 11-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 86, Duckworth reached the quarter after beating Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-3 and Stefan Kozlov 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-3 6-2). During the match, Duckworth scored 63 points vs Kozlov’s 45. James was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. James Duckworth was quite effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
ATP Mexico City Challenger - James Duckworth's projected path
Duckworth has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (292-205). 6-2 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 11-11 win-loss record in 2026, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Beibit Zhukayev
8 - 9win/loss
492
171
LWLLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12-13 | 8-11 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-31 | 11-12 | 0-5 | 13-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-29 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 4-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, Beibit reached the quarter after beating Alejandro Hayen 6-1 6-4 and Corentin Denolly 7-5 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, Beibit had a good straight sets win against Denolly (7-5 7-65). During the match Zhukayev scored 87 points vs Denolly’s 86. Beibit was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev managed to score 11 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (41/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. Beibit broke Denolly 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Beibit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Mexico City Challenger - Beibit Zhukayev's projected path
Zhukayev has an aggregate 8-8 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 42 |
| Pts | 127-94 | 151-127 |
| Total Points | 221 | 278 |
| Winners | 58 | 63 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Duckworth and Zhukayev played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Duckworth played 6 games less than Zhukayev. Duckworth scored 58 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 63 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 72/112 | 84/145 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 58/72 | 63/84 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 31/61 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 51% |
Duckworth made 8 aces (4 per match). Zhukayev blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Duckworth won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Duckworth very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Beibit broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Mmoh |
R2 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 63-45 | 127-94 | |
| Total points | 113 | 108 | 221 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 34/56 | 72/112 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 27/34 | 58/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/22 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 55% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Hayen |
R2 Denolly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 64-41 | 87-86 | 151-127 | |
| Total points | 105 | 173 | 278 | |
| Winners | 22 | 41 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 54/95 | 84/145 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 41/54 | 63/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 18/41 | 31/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 6/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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