Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Adam Walton will face off in the final of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.666
Adam Walton -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Adam Walton

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Ranked no. 149, Moreno De Alboran reached the final after defeating Quinn Vandecasteele 6-3 7-5, Stefan Dostanic 6-2 7-6⁵, Ryan Peniston 6-3 6-4 and Patrick Kypson 6-7¹⁰

6-3 6-1.

In the semifinal against Kypson, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹⁰ 6-3 6-1). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 96 points vs Kypson’s 83. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran made 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 65% of his first serves in, win 86% (50/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Kypson 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolas has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Moreno De Alboran has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (186-96). 20-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has a compiled103-49 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he beat Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(0) 6-4.

The Spaniard has an overall 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger

Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 256, Walton reached the final after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 6-3, Billy Harris 3-6 7-6⁷ 7-6³, Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-4 and Liam Broady 6-4 7-5.

In the semifinal, Adam had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-4 7-5). During the match Walton scored 80 points vs Broady’s 70. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Walton made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 49% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Broady 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

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 season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M15 Tbilisi and M25 Tulsa.

The Australian has an overall 44-21 win-loss record in 2023, 44-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moreno De Alboran	Walton
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	90	94
Pts	309-255	307-272
Total Points	564	579
Winners	146	122
%Winners	47%	40%

Both Moreno De Alboran and Walton played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran conceded 1 set, while Adam Walton conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Moreno De Alboran and Walton have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Moreno De Alboran played 4 games less than Walton. The Spaniard scored 146 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Walton blasted 122 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moreno De Alboran	Walton
Aces	25	30
Avg per match	6.3	7.5
1st in	181/279	160/272
%1st in	65%	59%
1st pts	146/181	122/160
%1st pts	81%	76%
2nd pts	52/98	63/112
%2nd pts	53%	56%

Moreno De Alboran bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). Walton blasted 30 aces (7.5 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moreno De Alboran	Walton
Won	13	13
Converted	13/28	13/33
% Converted	46%	39%
Conceded	11	14
Saved	9	8
% Saved	82%	57%
Times Broken	2	6

Nicolas broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Walton broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
	R1 Vandecasteele	R2 Dostanic	1/4 Peniston	1/2 Kypson	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-2 7-65	6-3 6-4	6-710 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	21	21	19	29	90
pts	71-63	75-57	67-52	96-83	309-255
Total points	134	132	119	179	564
Winners	34	26	36	50	146
%Winners	48%	35%	54%	52%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	1	15	25
Double Faults	2	4	2	6	14
1st in	45/66	33/55	45/69	58/89	181/279
% 1st in	68%	60%	65%	65%	65%
1st pts	34/45	26/33	36/45	50/58	146/181
% 1st pts	76%	79%	80%	86%	81%
2nd pts	10/21	14/22	13/24	15/31	52/98
% 2nd pts	48%	64%	54%	48%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	4	13
Converted	4/10	3/8	2/3	4/7	13/28
Converted %	40%	38%	67%	57%	46%
Conceded	6	1	4	0	11
Saved	5/6	0/1	4/4	0/0	9
Saved %	83%	0%	100%	–	46%
Times Broken	1	1	0	0	2

Walton
	R1 Zhukayev	R2 Harris	1/4 Hijikata	1/2 Broady	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	3-6 7-67 7-63	6-2 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	19	35	18	22	94
pts	58-43	109-118	60-41	80-70	307-272
Total points	101	227	101	150	579
Winners	21	49	22	30	122
%Winners	36%	45%	37%	38%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	6	11	30
Double Faults	2	4	0	4	10
1st in	28/45	70/106	27/50	35/71	160/272
% 1st in	62%	66%	54%	49%	59%
1st pts	21/28	49/70	22/27	30/35	122/160
% 1st pts	75%	70%	81%	86%	76%
2nd pts	13/17	20/36	14/23	16/36	63/112
% 2nd pts	76%	56%	61%	44%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	3	13
Converted	4/9	2/10	4/6	3/8	13/33
Converted %	44%	20%	67%	38%	39%
Conceded	1	6	4	3	14
Saved	0/1	3/6	3/4	2/3	8
Saved %	0%	50%	75%	67%	48%
Times Broken	1	3	1	1	6

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