Adam Walton and Alexis Galarneau will square off in the semifinal of the Acapulco Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on ESTADIO ARENA GNP SEGUROS. 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 -> 1.6
Alexis Galarneau -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alexis Galarneau

This will be the 3^rd time that Adam Walton and Alexis Galarneau fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Galarneau won 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in the Mexico City Challenger back in April 2024.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 129 (career-high), Adam got to the semifinal after defeating Charles Broom 6-2 6-3, Aidan Mchugh 6-1 6-0 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Walton had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-2 6-4). During the match, Walton scored 62 points vs Schoolkate’s 42. Adam was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton struck 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Adam Walton was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Walton broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points he played.

Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (132-63). 24-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has a composed127-53 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

Adam has an aggregate 24-12 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Acapulco Challenger

Adam has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexis Galarneau

Ranked no. 170, Alexis reached the semifinal after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-3 6-2, Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 7-6⁷ 6-1 and Rinky Hijikata 6-0 7-5.

In the quarter, Alexis had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-0 7-5). During the match Galarneau scored 70 points vs Hijikata’s 58. Galarneau was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Galarneau was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Alexis broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Galarneau hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger.

Galarneau has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Galarneau
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	48	55
Pts	182-113	203-159
Total Points	295	362
Winners	75	76
%Winners	41%	37%

Both Walton and Galarneau played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Galarneau have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Walton played 7 games less than Galarneau. Adam scored 75 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian bagged 76 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Galarneau
Aces	7	4
Avg per match	2.3	1.3
1st in	98/141	112/183
%1st in	70%	61%
1st pts	75/98	76/112
%1st pts	77%	68%
2nd pts	22/43	42/71
%2nd pts	51%	59%

Walton recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Galarneau recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Walton won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 68% of the points behind 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	Walton	Galarneau
Won	15	13
Converted	15/28	13/21
% Converted	54%	62%
Conceded	13	14
Saved	10	11
% Saved	77%	79%
Times Broken	3	3

The Australian broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Galarneau conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Broom	R2 Mchugh	1/4 Schoolkate	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-1 6-0	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	13	18	48
pts	67-51	53-20	62-42	182-113
Total points	118	73	104	295
Winners	25	20	30	75
%Winners	37%	38%	48%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	3	7
Double Faults	1	0	0	1
1st in	40/55	23/35	35/51	98/141
% 1st in	73%	66%	69%	70%
1st pts	25/40	20/23	30/35	75/98
% 1st pts	63%	87%	86%	77%
2nd pts	5/15	8/12	9/16	22/43
% 2nd pts	33%	67%	56%	51%
Breaks
Won	7	5	3	15
Converted	7/14	5/9	3/5	15/28
Converted %	50%	56%	60%	54%
Conceded	11	0	2	13
Saved	8/11	0/0	2/2	10
Saved %	73%	–	100%	58%
Times Broken	3	0	0	3

Galarneau
	R1 Fanselow	R2 Daniel	1/4 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-67 6-1	6-0 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	20	18	55
pts	58-37	75-64	70-58	203-159
Total points	95	139	128	362
Winners	23	22	31	76
%Winners	40%	29%	44%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	0	4
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	25/52	39/61	48/70	112/183
% 1st in	48%	64%	69%	61%
1st pts	23/25	22/39	31/48	76/112
% 1st pts	92%	56%	65%	68%
2nd pts	16/27	12/22	14/22	42/71
% 2nd pts	59%	55%	64%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	6	4	13
Converted	3/4	6/10	4/7	13/21
Converted %	75%	60%	57%	62%
Conceded	4	6	4	14
Saved	4/4	3/6	4/4	11
Saved %	100%	50%	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	3	0	3

Tennis Scores in Acapulco Challenger

• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Maxime CressyCressy (w/o) – See score progression
• Luke Johnson/Skander MansouriJohnson/Skander Mansouri – Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac (7-6⁷ 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Adam WaltonWalton (1-1) – H2H and prediction