Adam Walton and Valentin Vacherot will play each other in the final of the Pune Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:30 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 Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.83
Adam Walton -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Valentin Vacherot

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

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 154, the Australian got to the final after beating Raphael Collignon 7-6¹ 6-2, Tung-Lin Wu 6-0 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴, Mukund Sasikumar w/o and Duje Ajdukovic 7-5 7-6⁶.

In the semifinal, Adam had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (7-5 7-6⁶). During the match, Walton scored 82 points vs Ajdukovic’s 71. Walton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Walton fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Adam Walton was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Ajdukovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Adam has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (121-56). 13-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has a compiled116-47 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

Walton has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Adam has never competed in this tournament before.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 173, Valentin got to the final after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-3 7-5, Tristan Schoolkate 6-1 6-2, Enzo Couacaud 7-6² 6-4 and Dane Sweeny 4-6 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal against Sweeny, Vacherot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Vacherot scored 81 points vs Sweeny’s 71. Vacherot was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sweeny 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Monegasque has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he overcame Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret. and the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Manuel Guinard in the final 7-5 7-6(5).

The Monegasque has a compiled 15-1 win-loss record in 2024, 15-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Vacherot
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	78	87
Pts	257-204	275-214
Total Points	461	489
Winners	109	125
%Winners	42%	45%

Walton played 3 matches while Vacherot competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton lost 1 set, while Valentin Vacherot conceded 1 set. Walton has played 2 set(s) less than Vacherot (7 vs 9). Therefore, Walton played 9 games less than Vacherot. Walton scored 109 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Monegasque scored 125 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Vacherot
Aces	12	26
Avg per match	4	6.5
1st in	136/225	155/247
%1st in	60%	63%
1st pts	109/136	125/155
%1st pts	80%	81%
2nd pts	51/89	61/92
%2nd pts	57%	66%

Walton blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Vacherot bagged 26 aces (6.5 per match). Walton won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Walton	Vacherot
Won	11	11
Converted	11/19	11/26
% Converted	58%	42%
Conceded	6	9
Saved	1	7
% Saved	17%	78%
Times Broken	5	2

The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Vacherot broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Monegasque conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Collignon	R2 Wu	1/4 Kumar Mukund	1/2 Ajdukovic	Total
Score	7-61 6-2	6-0 6-75 7-64	w/o	7-5 7-66
Tot Set	2	3	–	2	7
Tot Games	21	32	–	25	78
pts	69-48	106-85	–	82-71	257-204
Total points	117	191	–	153	461
Winners	31	44	–	34	109
%Winners	45%	42%	–	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	–	3	12
Double Faults	1	2	–	1	4
1st in	38/60	59/93	–	39/72	136/225
% 1st in	63%	63%	–	54%	60%
1st pts	31/38	44/59	–	34/39	109/136
% 1st pts	82%	75%	–	87%	80%
2nd pts	14/22	19/34	–	18/33	51/89
% 2nd pts	64%	56%	–	55%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	6	–	2	11
Converted	3/6	6/9	–	2/4	11/19
Converted %	50%	67%	–	50%	58%
Conceded	1	4	–	1	6
Saved	0/1	1/4	–	0/1	1
Saved %	0%	25%	–	0%	6%
Times Broken	1	3	–	1	5

Vacherot
	R1 Pospisil	R2 Schoolkate	1/4 Couacaud	1/2 Sweeny	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-1 6-2	7-62 6-4	4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	21	15	23	28	87
pts	63-46	55-31	76-66	81-71	275-214
Total points	109	86	142	152	489
Winners	31	20	33	41	125
%Winners	49%	36%	43%	51%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	6	6	26
Double Faults	3	3	3	4	13
1st in	36/53	23/41	41/67	55/86	155/247
% 1st in	68%	56%	61%	64%	63%
1st pts	31/36	20/23	33/41	41/55	125/155
% 1st pts	86%	87%	80%	75%	81%
2nd pts	13/17	12/18	17/26	19/31	61/92
% 2nd pts	76%	67%	65%	61%	66%
Breaks
Won	2	4	2	3	11
Converted	2/6	4/9	2/8	3/3	11/26
Converted %	33%	44%	25%	100%	42%
Conceded	0	0	4	5	9
Saved	0/0	0/0	3/4	4/5	7
Saved %	–	–	75%	80%	39%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger

• Tristan Schoolkate/Adam WaltonSchoolkate/Adam Walton – Dan Added/Yunseong ChungAdded/Yunseong Chung (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction