Duje Ajdukovic and Adam Walton will play each other in the semifinal of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.69
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Adam Walton

There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic

11 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
5-2
Rank
142
High
105
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-31 18-13 13-10 7-5 0-3 0-0
2023 59-25 2-1 50-21 7-3 0-0 0-0
2022 27-31 0-1 22-23 3-4 2-3 0-0
2021 33-31 1-1 29-23 3-7 0-0 0-0
2020 30-11 4-3 22-6 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 130, Duje got to the semifinal after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 5-7 7-61 6-3, Tristan Boyer 6-1 6-2 and Alexey Zakharov 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Duje had a good straight sets win against Zakharov (6-4 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 73 points vs Zakharov’s 60. Ajdukovic was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic managed to score 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Zakharov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has lost 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (235-143). 6-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has a composed41-26 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Duje’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.

Ajdukovic has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Ajdukovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Pune Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Adam Walton

Adam Walton

12 - 5win/loss

Hard
12-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
93
High
86
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 154, Walton got to the semifinal after defeating Raphael Collignon 7-61 6-2, Tung-Lin Wu 6-0 6-75 7-64 and Mukund Sasikumar w/o.

In the quarter, The Australian defeated Kumar Mukund (w/o). During the match Walton and Kumar Mukund scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 130 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Adam was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Walton was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Adam Walton conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Adam has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he overcame Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).

Adam has an overall 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pune Challenger
Walton's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Ajdukovic
A.Walton
4h:56
4h:56
Time on court​
4h:10
4h:10
1h:21
1h:21
Last match​
!
2h:40
2h:40
!
3
3
Match played
2
2
68
68
Games Played​
53
53
7
7
Set played​​
5
5
245
245
Total points​
175
175
81.7
81.7
Avg point​
87.5
87.5
99
99
Winners
75
75
33
33
Avg Winners​
37.5
37.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
9
9
5.7
5.7
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
99/130
99/130
1st won total​
75/97
75/97
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
46/84
46/84
2nd won total​
33/56
33/56
55%
55%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
12/24
12/24
BP won
9/15
9/15
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
4.5/7.5
4.5/7.5
50%
50%
Won
!
60%
60%
16
16
Conceded
5
5
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
4
4
Broken
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2
2
12
12
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Walton
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 7 5
Tot Games 68 53
Pts 245-194 175-133
Total Points 439 308
Winners 99 75
%Winners 40% 43%

Ajdukovic played 3 matches while Walton competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic conceded 1 set, while Adam Walton conceded 1 set. Ajdukovic has played 2 sets more than Walton (7 vs 5). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 15 games more than Walton. The Croatian scored 99 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Walton blasted 75 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Walton
Aces 17 9
Avg per match 5.7 4.5
1st in 130/214 97/153
%1st in 61% 63%
1st pts 99/130 75/97
%1st pts 76% 77%
2nd pts 46/84 33/56
%2nd pts 55% 59%

Ajdukovic recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Walton scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Walton
Won 12 9
Converted 12/24 9/15
% Converted 50% 60%
Conceded 16 5
Saved 12 1
% Saved 75% 20%
Times Broken 4 4

Duje broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
R1
Fanselow		 R2
Boyer		 1/4
Zakharov		 Total
Score 5-7 7-61 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 34 15 19 68
pts 118-104 54-30 73-60 245-194
Total points 222 84 133 439
Winners 56 18 25 99
%Winners 47% 33% 34% 40%
SERVE
Aces 9 4 4 17
Double Faults 3 0 0 3
1st in 71/115 23/36 36/63 130/214
% 1st in 62% 64% 57% 61%
1st pts 56/71 18/23 25/36 99/130
% 1st pts 79% 78% 69% 76%
2nd pts 20/44 10/13 16/27 46/84
% 2nd pts 45% 77% 59% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 5 4 12
Converted 3/10 5/6 4/8 12/24
Converted % 30% 83% 50% 50%
Conceded 13 0 3 16
Saved 10/13 0/0 2/3 12
Saved % 77% – 67% 48%
Times Broken 3 0 1 4
Walton
R1
Collignon		 R2
Wu		 1/4
Kumar Mukund		 Total
Score 7-61 6-2 6-0 6-75 7-64 w/o
Tot Set 2 3 – 5
Tot Games 21 32 – 53
pts 69-48 106-85 – 175-133
Total points 117 191 – 308
Winners 31 44 – 75
%Winners 45% 42% – 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 – 9
Double Faults 1 2 – 3
1st in 38/60 59/93 – 97/153
% 1st in 63% 63% – 63%
1st pts 31/38 44/59 – 75/97
% 1st pts 82% 75% – 77%
2nd pts 14/22 19/34 – 33/56
% 2nd pts 64% 56% – 59%
Breaks
Won 3 6 – 9
Converted 3/6 6/9 – 9/15
Converted % 50% 67% – 60%
Conceded 1 4 – 5
Saved 0/1 1/4 – 1
Saved % 0% 25% – 8%
Times Broken 1 3 – 4

Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger

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