Adam Walton and Alex Bolt will face off in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.666
Alex Bolt -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alex Bolt
This will be the 4th time that Adam Walton and Alex Bolt fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bolt won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Burnie 1 Challenger back in January 2024.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-37 | 46-27 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119 (career-high), the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Yi Zhou 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Zhou, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 97 points vs Zhou’s 91. Adam was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Zhou 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (134-64). 26-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has an overall129-54 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he defeated Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
The Australian has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-26 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Alex reached the 2nd round after defeating Illya Marchenko 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Marchenko (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Bolt scored 88 points vs Marchenko’s 75. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt made 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bolt broke Marchenko 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Bolt’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Bolt has a compiled 27-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 27 |
| Pts | 97-91 | 88-75 |
| Total Points | 188 | 163 |
| Winners | 40 | 42 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Walton and Bolt played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton surrendered 1 set, while Alex Bolt conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Walton and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Walton played 4 games more than Bolt. The Australian scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt fired 42 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 15 |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 54/87 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 42/54 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Walton blasted 1 ace . Bolt also recorded 15 aces . Walton won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 27% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 73% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Walton broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||
| R1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-91 | 97-91 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 59/90 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-75 | 88-75 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/87 | 54/87 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Yi ZhouZhou (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Jie CuiCui (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Li TuTu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Dane SweenySweeny (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Jiaji WangWang (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Federico CinaCina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rigele TeTe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Adam WaltonWalton (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rigele TeTe – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yan BaiBai (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
