Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Beibit Zhukayev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.88
Adam Walton -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-20 | 36-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 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. 288 (career-high), Adam got to the semifinal after beating Gabriele Thomas Brancatelli 6-1 6-0, Mukund Sasikumar 6-73 6-4 6-4, Marc Polmans 6-4 5-7 6-2, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 3-6 7-62 6-4 and Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Walton had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-1). During the match, Walton scored 66 points vs Galarneau’s 45. Walton was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton scored 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Walton has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 70% of his matches (80-34). 28-12 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has a compiled78-28 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Adam’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo and M15 Tbilisi.
The Australian has a compiled 28-13 win-loss record in 2023, 28-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 6-8 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, Zhukayev got to the semifinal after beating Colin Markes 6-0 6-3, Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-2 6-71 7-65 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-76 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter against Kukushkin, Beibit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-5). During the match Zhukayev scored 104 points vs Kukushkin’s 101. Zhukayev was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev scored 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was very efficient on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 58% (28/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zhukayev broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Beibit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Beibit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach.
Zhukayev has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 125 | 100 |
| Pts | 421-356 | 339-280 |
| Total Points | 777 | 619 |
| Winners | 161 | 135 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Walton played 5 matches while Zhukayev competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton conceded 3 sets, while Beibit Zhukayev lost 2 sets. Walton has played 3 sets more than Zhukayev (13 vs 10). Therefore, Walton played 25 games more than Zhukayev. Adam scored 161 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 135 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 35 | 49 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 12.3 |
| 1st in | 215/353 | 165/303 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 161/215 | 135/165 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 76/138 | 76/138 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Walton fired 35 aces (7 per match). Zhukayev scored 49 aces (12.3 per match). Walton won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 16 |
| Converted | 23/53 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 24 | 13 |
| Saved | 15 | 9 |
| % Saved | 63% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 23 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 9 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||||||
| Q1 Thomas |
Q3 Kumar Mukund |
R1 Polmans |
R2 Lucas Reis Da |
1/4 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-73 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | 3-6 7-62 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 125 | |
| pts | 55-28 | 109-104 | 90-77 | 101-102 | 66-45 | 421-356 | |
| Total points | 83 | 213 | 167 | 203 | 111 | 777 | |
| Winners | 15 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 26 | 161 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 34% | 44% | 43% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 18/33 | 59/95 | 52/80 | 54/99 | 32/46 | 215/353 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 62% | 65% | 55% | 70% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 37/59 | 40/52 | 43/54 | 26/32 | 161/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 63% | 77% | 80% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 20/36 | 15/28 | 24/45 | 8/14 | 76/138 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 54% | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/19 | 5/11 | 2/5 | 4/8 | 23/53 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 32% | 45% | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/6 | 3/6 | 9/11 | 1/1 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 50% | 82% | 100% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Zhukayev | |||||||
| Q3 Markes |
R1 Gojowczyk |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
1/4 Kukushkin |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-71 7-65 | 6-76 6-4 7-5 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 100 | ||
| pts | 58-33 | 57-34 | 120-112 | 104-101 | 339-280 | ||
| Total points | 91 | 91 | 232 | 205 | 619 | ||
| Winners | 20 | 21 | 52 | 42 | 135 | ||
| %Winners | 34% | 37% | 43% | 40% | 40% | ||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 49 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/39 | 64/119 | 55/103 | 165/303 | ||
| % 1st in | 55% | 59% | 54% | 53% | 54% | ||
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 21/23 | 52/64 | 42/55 | 135/165 | ||
| % 1st pts | 87% | 91% | 81% | 76% | 82% | ||
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 9/16 | 26/55 | 28/48 | 76/138 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 56% | 47% | 58% | 55% | ||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/7 | 3/9 | 4/10 | 16/32 | ||
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 33% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 6/7 | 3/5 | 9 | ||
| Saved % | – | 0% | 86% | 60% | 29% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Mark LajalLajal – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-76 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ji Sung Nam/Artem SitakSung Nam/Artem Sitak – Skander Mansouri/Jose StathamMansouri/Jose Statham (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Calum Puttergill/Kelsey StevensonPuttergill/Kelsey Stevenson – Aziz Dougaz/Antoine EscoffierDougaz/Antoine Escoffier (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adam WaltonWalton – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
