Adam Walton and Learner Tien will square off in the 2nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on GROSSMAN-KENNEDY STADIUM. 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.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.33
Learner Tien -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Learner Tien
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-19 | 36-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 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. 207, Adam got to the 2nd round after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-4 7-65). During the match, Walton scored 79 points vs Pospisil’s 67. Adam was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was quite effective on serve to win 73% (40/55) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Pospisil twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Walton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (103-47). 50-24 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has an overall100-40 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cary 1 Challenger where he beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Walton has a compiled 51-26 win-loss record in 2023, 50-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-3 | 19-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 709, Learner reached the 2nd round after defeating Garrett Johns 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Learner had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-2 6-4). During the match Tien scored 63 points vs Johns’s 46. Tien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Tien wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Johns 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Tien’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Irvine.
Learner has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 |
| Pts | 79-67 | 63-46 |
| Total Points | 146 | 109 |
| Winners | 40 | 22 |
| %Winners | 51% | 35% |
Both Walton and Tien played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Tien have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walton played 5 games more than Tien. Walton scored 40 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Learner bagged 22 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 55/72 | 33/52 |
| %1st in | 76% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 22/33 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Walton didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tien also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Walton won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Walton broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Adam surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Tien conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||
| R1 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/72 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 40/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Tien | |||
| R1 Johns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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