Adam Walton and Tristan Schoolkate will square off in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 3. 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 2 sets.
Adam Walton -> 1.26
Tristan Schoolkate -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Tristan Schoolkate
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Tristan Schoolkate since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, Adam got to the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4). During the match, Walton scored 80 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 62. Adam was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Adam Walton was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Walton broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (100-45). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has a composed1-4 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cary 1 Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Walton has a compiled 48-24 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Tristan Schoolkate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-36 | 33-25 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 280, Schoolkate got to the 2nd round after beating Abedallah Shelbayh 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (6-4 6-3). During the match Schoolkate scored 74 points vs Shelbayh’s 55. Schoolkate was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Schoolkate fired 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Tristan broke Shelbayh 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Schoolkate’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill.
The Australian has a composed 37-23 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 80-62 | 74-55 |
| Total Points | 142 | 129 |
| Winners | 34 | 28 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Walton and Schoolkate played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Schoolkate have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walton played 3 games more than Schoolkate. Walton scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Schoolkate made 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 37/64 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 28/37 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 48% |
Walton blasted 8 aces . Schoolkate bagged 10 aces . Walton won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 18% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Walton broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. Walton pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Schoolkate conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||
| R1 Mpetshi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 80-62 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Schoolkate | |||
| R1 Shelbayh | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-55 | 74-55 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- James TracyTracy – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Bernard TomicTomic (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Jack AnthropAnthrop (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Aziz DougazDougaz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Denis KudlaKudla (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction