Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev will play each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER 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 Adam Walton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.36
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 4th time that Adam Walton and Beibit Zhukayev square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Walton (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Walton won 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-4 in the quarter in the Cuernavaca Challenger back in April 2024.
Adam Walton
27 - 13win/loss
111
111
WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-15 | 36-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 119 (career-high), Walton got to the quarter after beating Yi Zhou 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Alex Bolt 7-60 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-60 6-1). During the match, Walton scored 75 points vs Bolt’s 53. Adam was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 69% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Bolt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (135-64). 27-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has a composed130-54 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he beat Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
The Australian has an overall 27-13 win-loss record in 2024, 27-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Adam has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
10 - 9win/loss
174
174
LWWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-12 | 6-8 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182 (career-high), the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Egor Gerasimov 6-1 6-4 and Rigele Te 7-5 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Te (7-5 7-63). During the match Zhukayev scored 80 points vs Te’s 74. Zhukayev was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve once. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 52% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Zhukayev broke Te 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 54% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 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 | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 42 |
| Pts | 172-144 | 144-121 |
| Total Points | 316 | 265 |
| Winners | 74 | 64 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Walton and Zhukayev played 2 matches. At the moment, Adam Walton lost 1 set while Beibit Zhukayev hasn’t lost a set so far. Walton has played 1 set more than Zhukayev (5 vs 4). Therefore, Walton played 9 games more than Zhukayev. The Australian scored 74 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukayev made 64 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 103/154 | 82/141 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 74/103 | 64/82 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 28/51 | 31/59 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Walton struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Zhukayev scored 24 aces (12 per match). Walton won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 42% | 63% |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Adam conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Zhou |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | 7-60 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 51 | |
| pts | 97-91 | 75-53 | 172-144 | |
| Total points | 188 | 128 | 316 | |
| Winners | 40 | 34 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 44/64 | 103/154 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 34/44 | 74/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 10/20 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Gerasimov |
R2 Te |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 80-74 | 144-121 | |
| Total points | 111 | 154 | 265 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/79 | 82/141 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 34/41 | 64/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 83% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 19/38 | 31/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/3 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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