Adam Walton and Illya Marchenko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Court 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.53
Illya Marchenko -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Illya Marchenko 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 | 45-32 | 41-25 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177 (career-high), Walton got to the quarter after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-4 and Jelle Sels 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Sels, Walton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 80 points vs Sels’s 70. Adam was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton bagged 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Sels 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (108-49). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has a compiled3-5 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
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 composed 56-28 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-19 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 248, Marchenko got to the quarter after beating Oleksii Krutykh 6-2 6-3 and Altug Celikbilek 6-4 3-6 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Illya defeated Celikbilek (6-4 3-6 7-63). During the match Marchenko scored 102 points vs Celikbilek’s 101. Illya was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko blasted 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 60% of his first serves in, winning 84% (47/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Celikbilek twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Salinas Challenger where he overcame Matija Pecotic in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Ukrainian has an overall 35-19 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 49 |
| Pts | 150-121 | 161-137 |
| Total Points | 271 | 298 |
| Winners | 61 | 74 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Walton and Marchenko played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton conceded 1 set, while Illya Marchenko lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Walton and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Walton played 4 games less than Marchenko. Walton scored 61 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Illya recorded 74 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11.5 |
| 1st in | 85/121 | 86/140 |
| %1st in | 70% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 61/85 | 74/86 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 26/36 | 27/54 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 50% |
Walton fired 10 aces (5 per match). Marchenko bagged 23 aces (11.5 per match). Walton won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 41% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Walton surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Illya broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 45 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 80-70 | 150-121 | |
| Total points | 121 | 150 | 271 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 51/73 | 85/121 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 37/51 | 61/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 15/22 | 26/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 68% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/4 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 75% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marchenko | ||||
| R1 Krutykh |
R2 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 102-101 | 161-137 | |
| Total points | 95 | 203 | 298 | |
| Winners | 27 | 47 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 56/94 | 86/140 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 47/56 | 74/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 84% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 17/38 | 27/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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