Adam Walton and Alex Bolt will face off in the 2^nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.666
Alex Bolt -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 4^th time that Adam Walton and Alex Bolt fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Bolt won 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Burnie 1 Challenger back in January 2024.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 119 (career-high), the Australian got to the 2^nd round after beating Yi Zhou 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Zhou, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 97 points vs Zhou’s 91. Adam was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Zhou 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (134-64). 26-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has an overall129-54 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).

The Australian has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Walton has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 244, Alex reached the 2^nd round after defeating Illya Marchenko 6-4 4-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alex defeated Marchenko (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Bolt scored 88 points vs Marchenko’s 75. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Bolt made 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bolt broke Marchenko 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Bolt’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.

Bolt has a compiled 27-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Bolt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	27
Pts	97-91	88-75
Total Points	188	163
Winners	40	42
%Winners	41%	48%

Both Walton and Bolt played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton surrendered 1 set, while Alex Bolt conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Walton and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Walton played 4 games more than Bolt. The Australian scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt fired 42 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Bolt
Aces	1	15
Avg per match	1	15
1st in	59/90	54/87
%1st in	66%	62%
1st pts	40/59	42/54
%1st pts	68%	78%
2nd pts	18/31	19/33
%2nd pts	58%	58%

Walton blasted 1 ace . Bolt also recorded 15 aces . Walton won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Walton	Bolt
Won	5	3
Converted	5/12	3/11
% Converted	42%	27%
Conceded	11	5
Saved	8	4
% Saved	73%	80%
Times Broken	3	1

Walton broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Zhou	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	97-91	97-91
Total points	188	188
Winners	40	40
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	59/90	59/90
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	40/59	40/59
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	18/31	18/31
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Bolt
	R1 Marchenko	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	88-75	88-75
Total points	163	163
Winners	42	42
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	54/87	54/87
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	42/54	42/54
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	19/33	19/33
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Yi ZhouZhou (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Jie CuiCui (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Li TuTu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Dane SweenySweeny (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Jiaji WangWang (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Federico CinaCina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Rigele TeTe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard BerankisBerankis – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – Adam WaltonWalton (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rigele TeTe – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yan BaiBai (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction