Adam Walton and Nikoloz Basilashvili will face off in the qualifications of the Almaty Open for the 1st 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 Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.66
Adam Walton -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Adam Walton
42 - 32win/loss
98
74
WLLLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-32 | 32-24 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 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 got to the qualifications after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-1 7-5). During the match, Walton scored 74 points vs Zhukayev’s 50. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton blasted 8 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was quite effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Adam broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Walton has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (238-150). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has an aggregate9-15 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
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.
Adam has a composed 42-32 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
27 - 30win/loss
124
16
WLWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-30 | 11-12 | 12-12 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 124, the Georgean reached the qualifications after defeating Taro Daniel 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-2 7-5). During the match Basilashvili scored 68 points vs Daniel’s 48. Basilashvili was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 64% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Daniel 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Nikoloz has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2026, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Nikoloz has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 74-50 | 68-48 |
| Total Points | 124 | 116 |
| Winners | 29 | 32 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Walton and Basilashvili played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Basilashvili have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walton played 1 game less than Basilashvili. Adam scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili struck 32 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 36/56 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 32/36 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 8/20 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 40% |
Walton recorded 8 aces . Basilashvili managed to score 7 aces . Walton won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Walton broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Basilashvili broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Basilashvili conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||
| Q1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-50 | 74-50 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Basilashvili | |||
| Q1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 68-48 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 36/56 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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