James Duckworth and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the final of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.65
James Duckworth -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Mackenzie Mcdonald play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mcdonald won 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in the qualifications in Montreal back in August 2024.
James Duckworth
39 – 24win/loss
75
46
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
39-24
22-14
2-3
5-2
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
2021
36-24
15-9
1-2
12-9
8-4
0-0
2020
11-10
9-4
1-2
1-4
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 75, James reached the final after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(5), Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-5, Adam Walton 6-4 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-2 6-3). During the match, Duckworth scored 67 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 46. James was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 4 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. James Duckworth was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Hsin Tseng 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (308-200). 22-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a compiled 217-123 record in the last years on hard.
Duckworth’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.
Duckworth has an aggregate 39-24 win-loss record in 2024, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger
Duckworth has never competed in this tournament before.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
18 – 20win/loss
151
37
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
18-20
12-10
0-4
1-0
5-6
0-0
2023
35-30
23-15
0-6
4-3
8-6
0-0
2022
27-31
16-16
4-6
4-5
3-4
0-0
2021
42-26
15-12
12-5
9-6
6-3
0-0
2020
15-16
10-11
1-1
4-4
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 151, the American reached the final after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-4, Billy Harris 6-0 6-1, Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-1 and Gabriel Diallo 7-6(9) 6-3.
In the semifinal, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Diallo (7-69 6-3). During the match Mcdonald scored 76 points vs Diallo’s 71. Mcdonald was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Mcdonald struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mcdonald put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Mcdonald was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Diallo twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mackenzie hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Mcdonald’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger.
The American has an overall 18-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
6h:51
4h:43
1h:13
1h:43
4
4
97
68
9
8
328
248
82
62
154
105
38.5
26.3
47%
42%
29
18
7.3
4.5
6
9
1.5
2.3
154/199
105/131
77%
80%
58/102
42/74
57%
57%
10/23
17/28
2.5/5.8
4.3/7
43%
61%
10
12
2.5
3
2
2
0.5
0.5
8
10
Matches, sets, games and points
Points
Duckworth
Mcdonald
Match played
4
4
Tot Set
9
8
Tot Games
97
68
Pts
328-283
248-165
Total Points
611
413
Winners
154
105
%Winners
47%
42%
Both Duckworth and Mcdonald played 4 matches. At the moment, James Duckworth conceded 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t lost a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (9 vs 8). Therefore, Duckworth played 29 games more than Mcdonald. The Australian scored 154 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Mackenzie fired 105 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve
Duckworth
Mcdonald
Aces
29
18
Avg per match
7.3
4.5
1st in
199/301
131/205
%1st in
66%
64%
1st pts
154/199
105/131
%1st pts
77%
80%
2nd pts
58/102
42/74
%2nd pts
57%
57%
Duckworth bagged 29 aces (7.3 per match). Mcdonald fired 18 aces (4.5 per match). Duckworth won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks
Duckworth
Mcdonald
Won
10
17
Converted
10/23
17/28
% Converted
43%
61%
Conceded
10
12
Saved
8
10
% Saved
80%
83%
Times Broken
2
2
Duckworth broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Mackenzie broke his opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
Duckworth
R1
Uchiyama
R2
Ramanathan
1/4
Walton
1/2
Hsin
Total
Score
7-5 6-74 7-65
6-4 7-5
6-4 6-4
6-2 6-3
Tot Set
3
2
2
2
9
Tot Games
38
22
20
17
97
pts
130-124
72-64
59-49
67-46
328-283
Total points
254
136
108
113
611
Winners
61
35
32
26
154
%Winners
47%
49%
54%
39%
47%
SERVE
Aces
12
2
11
4
29
Double Faults
2
3
1
0
6
1st in
82/134
43/61
40/54
34/52
199/301
% 1st in
61%
70%
74%
65%
66%
1st pts
61/82
35/43
32/40
26/34
154/199
% 1st pts
74%
81%
80%
76%
77%
2nd pts
28/52
8/18
9/14
13/18
58/102
% 2nd pts
54%
44%
64%
72%
57%
Breaks
Won
2
3
2
3
10
Converted
2/6
3/7
2/4
3/6
10/23
Converted %
33%
43%
50%
50%
43%
Conceded
7
2
1
0
10
Saved
6/7
1/2
1/1
0/0
8
Saved %
86%
50%
100%
–
59%
Times Broken
1
1
0
0
2
Mcdonald
R1
Hsiou
R2
Harris
1/4
Hijikata
1/2
Diallo
Total
Score
6-2 6-4
6-0 6-1
6-2 6-1
7-69 6-3
Tot Set
2
2
2
2
8
Tot Games
18
13
15
22
68
pts
60-40
56-25
56-29
76-71
248-165
Total points
100
81
85
147
413
Winners
22
19
20
44
105
%Winners
37%
34%
36%
58%
42%
SERVE
Aces
2
4
5
7
18
Double Faults
1
1
2
5
9
1st in
26/44
25/44
22/33
58/84
131/205
% 1st in
59%
57%
67%
69%
64%
1st pts
22/26
19/25
20/22
44/58
105/131
% 1st pts
85%
76%
91%
76%
80%
2nd pts
11/18
12/19
8/11
11/26
42/74
% 2nd pts
61%
63%
73%
42%
57%
Breaks
Won
4
6
5
2
17
Converted
4/7
6/9
5/10
2/2
17/28
Converted %
57%
67%
50%
100%
61%
Conceded
2
5
0
5
12
Saved
1/2
5/5
0/0
4/5
10
Saved %
50%
100%
–
80%
58%
Times Broken
1
0
0
1
2
Head 2 Head
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2023
2022
Hard
I Hard
Clay
Grass
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