Adam Walton and Kei Nishikori will square off in the quarter of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM 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 Kei Nishikori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.44
Adam Walton -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-16 | 36-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 254 (career-high), the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Marc Polmans 7-61 6-1 and Jose Statham 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Statham (6-2 6-0). During the match, Walton scored 56 points vs Statham’s 29. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 79% of his first serves in, win 93% (25/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (3/7) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Statham 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
Walton has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 70% of his matches (84-36). 32-14 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has a compiled82-30 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Walton’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo and M15 Tbilisi.
Adam has an overall 32-15 win-loss record in 2023, 32-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 15-9 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 759, Nishikori got to the quarter after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-4 and Mitchell Krueger 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Krueger, Nishikori recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 92 points vs Krueger’s 74. Nishikori was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori fired 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Nishikori put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Krueger 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Nishikori has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 45 |
| Pts | 127-77 | 163-130 |
| Total Points | 204 | 293 |
| Winners | 58 | 61 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Walton and Nishikori played 2 matches. At the moment, Kei Nishikori conceded 1 set while Adam Walton hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Walton has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (4 vs 5). Therefore, Walton played 11 games less than Nishikori. Adam scored 58 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori made 61 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 68/93 | 88/124 |
| %1st in | 73% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 58/68 | 61/88 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 23/36 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Walton fired 20 aces (10 per match). Nishikori scored 2 aces (1 per match). Walton won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 53% | 41% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kei conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Polmans |
R2 Statham |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 | 34 | |
| pts | 71-48 | 56-29 | 127-77 | |
| Total points | 119 | 85 | 204 | |
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 27/34 | 68/93 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 79% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 25/27 | 58/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 93% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 3/7 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/9 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Langmo |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 45 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 92-74 | 163-130 | |
| Total points | 127 | 166 | 293 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 55/75 | 88/124 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 73% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 37/55 | 61/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/20 | 23/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/11 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 45% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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