Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.444
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.6

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Beibit Zhukayev

This will be the 3^rd time that Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Walton and Zhukayev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Walton won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Cary 1 Challenger back in 2023.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 135 (career-high), the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Alafia Ayeni 6-3 6-1 and Antoine Bellier 7-6¹¹ 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Walton had a good straight sets win against Bellier (7-6¹¹ 6-4). During the match, Walton scored 82 points vs Bellier’s 74. Adam was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Adam Walton was quite effective on serve to win 93% (40/43) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Walton broke Bellier once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (128-62). 20-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has a composed123-52 record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

Adam has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 192, Beibit got to the quarter after beating Benjamin Lock 7-6⁶ 6-2 and Christian Langmo 6-3 7-6⁵.

In the 2^nd round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Zhukayev scored 67 points vs Langmo’s 55. Zhukayev was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhukayev made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Langmo twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhukayev hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Zhukayev has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Zhukayev
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	39	43
Pts	136-99	135-118
Total Points	235	253
Winners	54	68
%Winners	40%	50%

Both Walton and Zhukayev played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Walton played 4 games less than Zhukayev. Walton scored 54 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 68 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Zhukayev
Aces	9	19
Avg per match	4.5	9.5
1st in	58/107	81/131
%1st in	54%	62%
1st pts	54/58	68/81
%1st pts	93%	84%
2nd pts	34/49	28/50
%2nd pts	69%	56%

Walton struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zhukayev fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Walton won 93% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Walton	Zhukayev
Won	5	4
Converted	5/12	4/8
% Converted	42%	50%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	3	4
% Saved	100%	80%
Times Broken	0	1

The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Adam was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Zhukayev broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Ayeni	R2 Bellier	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	7-611 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	23	39
pts	54-25	82-74	136-99
Total points	79	156	235
Winners	14	40	54
%Winners	26%	49%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	9
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	15/34	43/73	58/107
% 1st in	44%	59%	54%
1st pts	14/15	40/43	54/58
% 1st pts	93%	93%	93%
2nd pts	18/19	16/30	34/49
% 2nd pts	95%	53%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5
Converted	4/7	1/5	5/12
Converted %	57%	20%	42%
Conceded	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	3/3	3
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Zhukayev
	R1 Lock	R2 Langmo	Total
Score	7-66 6-2	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	22	43
pts	68-63	67-55	135-118
Total points	131	122	253
Winners	34	34	68
%Winners	50%	51%	50%
SERVE
Aces	11	8	19
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	41/70	40/61	81/131
% 1st in	59%	66%	62%
1st pts	34/41	34/40	68/81
% 1st pts	83%	85%	84%
2nd pts	15/29	13/21	28/50
% 2nd pts	52%	62%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	2	4
Converted	2/5	2/3	4/8
Converted %	40%	67%	50%
Conceded	2	3	5
Saved	2/2	2/3	4
Saved %	100%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Cuernavaca Challenger

• Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios – Antoine Bellier/Beibit ZhukayevBellier/Beibit Zhukayev (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Maxime CressyCressy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Adam WaltonWalton (1-1) – H2H and prediction