Marek Gengel and Adam Walton will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.58
Marek Gengel -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Marek Gengel vs. Adam Walton
There is no head to head record between Marek Gengel and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 33-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 377, Gengel reached the quarter after defeating Jeremy Beale 6-4 6-0 and Rio Noguchi 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Marek had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (7-64 6-3). During the match, Gengel scored 78 points vs Noguchi’s 65. Gengel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gengel managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marek Gengel was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Noguchi once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gengel hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Gengel has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (208-168). 22-15 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gengel has an aggregate151-80 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gengel has a compiled 31-28 win-loss record in 2022, 22-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Marek has never competed in this tournament before.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-20 | 36-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 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. 465, Walton reached the quarter after beating Blake Ellis 4-6 6-3 7-65 and Aleksandar Vukic 7-68 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Walton had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-68 6-1). During the match Walton scored 77 points vs Vukic’s 64. Adam was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Walton scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Adam Walton lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 77% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Vukic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Adam’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Waco and M15 Cancun.
The Australian has an overall 41-9 win-loss record in 2022, 41-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gengel | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 52 |
| Pts | 139-101 | 183-163 |
| Total Points | 240 | 346 |
| Winners | 69 | 91 |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% |
Both Gengel and Walton played 2 matches. At the moment, Adam Walton surrendered 1 set while Marek Gengel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gengel has played 1 set(s) less than Walton (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gengel played 14 games less than Walton. Marek scored 69 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Adam struck 91 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gengel | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 91/121 | 126/174 |
| %1st in | 75% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 69/91 | 91/126 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 31/48 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 65% |
Gengel struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Walton fired 6 aces (3 per match). Gengel won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gengel | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/17 |
| % Converted | 38% | 24% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Marek broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Czech pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Adam conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gengel | ||||
| R1 Beale |
R2 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 78-65 | 139-101 | |
| Total points | 97 | 143 | 240 | |
| Winners | 26 | 43 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/44 | 58/77 | 91/121 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 43/58 | 69/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 13/19 | 21/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 68% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/3 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Ellis |
R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | 7-68 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 77-64 | 183-163 | |
| Total points | 205 | 141 | 346 | |
| Winners | 49 | 42 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 55% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 64/93 | 62/81 | 126/174 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 77% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 49/64 | 42/62 | 91/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 12/19 | 31/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 63% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/10 | 3/7 | 4/17 | |
| Converted % | 10% | 43% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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