Adam Walton and Tristan Schoolkate will play each other in the quarter of the Acapulco Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO ARENA GNP SEGUROS. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.363
Tristan Schoolkate -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Tristan Schoolkate
This will be the 4th time that Adam Walton and Tristan Schoolkate clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Walton (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Walton won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Burnie 2 Challenger back in February 2024.
Adam Walton
| 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 |
Ranked no. 129 (career-high), Adam got to the quarter after beating Charles Broom 6-2 6-3 and Aidan Mchugh 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-1 6-0). During the match, Walton scored 53 points vs Mchugh’s 20. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Adam Walton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Walton broke Mchugh 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (131-63). 23-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has a composed126-53 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he beat Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
Adam has an aggregate 23-12 win-loss record in 2024, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Acapulco Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tristan Schoolkate
12 - 11win/loss
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167
LLLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Aidan Mayo 5-7 7-63 6-1 and Beibit Zhukayev 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Zhukayev, Schoolkate recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Schoolkate scored 101 points vs Zhukayev’s 96. Schoolkate was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Schoolkate managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Tristan Schoolkate was very effective on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Schoolkate broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Tristan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Burnie 2 Challenger.
Tristan has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 63 |
| Pts | 120-71 | 201-186 |
| Total Points | 191 | 387 |
| Winners | 45 | 77 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Walton and Schoolkate played 2 matches. At the moment, Tristan Schoolkate dropped 2 sets while Adam Walton hasn’t conceded a set so far. Walton has played 2 set(s) less than Schoolkate (4 vs 6). Therefore, Walton played 33 games less than Schoolkate. The Australian scored 45 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tristan recorded 77 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 107/183 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 77/107 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 41/76 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 54% |
Walton blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Schoolkate scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Walton won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 52% | 39% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Adam broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Schoolkate broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Broom |
R2 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 53-20 | 120-71 | |
| Total points | 118 | 73 | 191 | |
| Winners | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/55 | 23/35 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 66% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 20/23 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 87% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 8/12 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 67% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/9 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | – | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Schoolkate | ||||
| R1 Mayo |
R2 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-63 6-1 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| pts | 100-90 | 101-96 | 201-186 | |
| Total points | 190 | 197 | 387 | |
| Winners | 41 | 36 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 51/91 | 107/183 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 36/51 | 77/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 21/40 | 41/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/15 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 27% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 4/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 57% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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