Marin Cilic and Adam Walton will play each other in the 1st round of the Jinan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.66
Adam Walton -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Adam Walton
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Adam Walton fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cilic won 6-4 6-1 in the qualifications in Basel back in 2025.
Marin Cilic
14 - 16win/loss
80
3
LLLWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14-16 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-20 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 6-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, the Croatian will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(2) 6-1 to Fery in the 1st round on the 7th of October.
Cilic has a compiled 14-16 win-loss record in 2026, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Marin has an overall 740-418 record. He has a positive 265-163 record on hard.
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Adam Walton
41 - 31win/loss
98
74
LLWWWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-31 | 32-23 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-34 | 32-23 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 98, the Australian will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 5-7 6-3 6-4 to Te in the qualifications on the 5th of October.
Adam has an aggregate 41-31 win-loss record in 2026, 32-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he beat Andre Ilagan in the final 7-5 6-1.
In terms of his career, Adam has an overall 239-153 record. He has a positive 213-115 record on hard.
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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