James Duckworth vs Stefanos TsitsipasPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
James Duckworth and Stefanos Tsitsipas have met 1 time since 2018; Stefanos Tsitsipas leads 1–0. Across all meetings Duckworth has taken 0 sets to Tsitsipas's 2. Their most recent meeting: Stefanos Tsitsipas won at Washington (2018).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Almaty Open - Almaty
- Level
- ATP 250
- Round
- Quarterfinals
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 23 · 2:00 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
At 1.22 or shorter, Stefanos Tsitsipas has won 147 of 173 (85%). That is level with the 84% the price implied.
At 4.29 or longer, James Duckworth has won 5 of 27 (19%). That is level with the 17% the price implied.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
James Duckworth meets Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals of the Almaty Open on October 23. The Australian, ranked 73rd, faces the Greek 39th seed on hard court. Duckworth arrives with a two-match winning streak after four matches in fourteen days; Tsitsipas has won six matches over the same span.
Tsitsipas leads their head-to-head 1-0 after one prior meeting. On hard courts recently, Tsitsipas has won 14 of 20 matches while Duckworth stands at 10-10. Against common opponents, results have split: Tsitsipas defeated Arthur Fery and Jiri Lehecka while losing to Fabian Marozsan and Matteo Arnaldi; Duckworth won against Marozsan and Arnaldi but fell to Fery and Lehecka.
Both players build their game around the serve. Duckworth relies on holding serve and creating first-strike opportunities off the return. Tsitsipas uses a similar foundation but has posted a 70% win rate on hard courts, where he sustains longer rallies and converts break points more frequently than Duckworth's 50%. The quarterfinal will test whether Duckworth can maintain his serve-first aggression or whether Tsitsipas can impose his extended baseline play.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Duckworth | Tsitsipas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | James Duckworth | Stefanos Tsitsipas | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 74% | 28/38 | 71% | 25/35 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 9/26 | 28% | 5/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 19/64 | 28% | 15/53 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 56% | 19/34 | 50% | 18/36 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 16/28 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 12/28 | 45% | 13/29 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 28/34 | 91% | 30/33 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 82% | 28/34 | 76% | 25/33 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Duckworth 0, Tsitsipas 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Duckworth
🤖 Servebot
Tsitsipas
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
Both James Duckworth and Stefanos Tsitsipas are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 6,752 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 2, 2018
Washington
H Hard · Round of 16
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Duckworth | Tsitsipas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | James Duckworth | Stefanos Tsitsipas | ||
| 1 or more | 94% | 17/18 | 100% | 21/21 |
| 3 or more | 89% | 16/18 | 95% | 20/21 |
| 5 or more | 72% | 13/18 | 86% | 18/21 |
| 10 or more | 11% | 2/18 | 29% | 6/21 |
| 15 or more | 11% | 2/18 | 19% | 4/21 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/21 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–8 | 17–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.45 | 1.81 |
| ROI % | +16.6% | +15.6% |
| Units P/L | +2.98u | +3.74u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 4 | 10 |
| Distance | 3,584 mi · 5,768 km | 3,645 mi · 5,866 km |
| Route | CHN → KAZ | JPN → CHN → KAZ |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Tsitsipas has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Duckworth's 40%).
| Opponent | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Luciano Darderi | W 75 76 | W 63 64 |
| Yoshihito Nishioka | L 57 67 | W 75 62 |
| Jiri Lehecka | L 76 46 67 | W 26 61 76 61 |
| Matteo Arnaldi | W 57 63 62 76 | L 67 75 36 26 |
| Arthur Fery | L | W 61 76 |
| Fabian Marozsan | W 67 62 64 | L 63 67 46 |
| Alex de Minaur | L 26 67 | L 46 63 36 |
| Aleksandar Vukic | L 36 26 | L 67 67 |
| Tomas Machac | L 36 36 | L 46 67 |
| Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez | W 46 63 76 | W 61 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Luciano Darderi
Almaty Open - Almaty · 2nd Round
Oct 21
Miomir Kecmanovic
Almaty Open - Almaty · 1st Round
Oct 19
Liam Draxl
Jinan Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 14
Hubert Hurkacz
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 8
Lorenzo Sonego
Chengdu Open - Chengdu · 1st Round
Sep 24
Kamil Majchrzak
Davis Cup, Group I, 1R, AUS-POL 3-1 · Rubber 2
Sep 19
Yibing Wu
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Matteo Arnaldi
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Mikhail Kukushkin
Almaty Open - Almaty · 2nd Round
Oct 21
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Almaty Open - Almaty · 1st Round
Oct 20
Daniil Medvedev
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 4th Round
Oct 14
Taylor Fritz
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round
Oct 12
Luciano Darderi
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round
Oct 10
Kimmer Coppejans
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 8
Valentin Vacherot
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round
Oct 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 62–71 matches
| Metric | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 63% |
| Sets won | 55% | 60% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Duckworth | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |