Adam Walton and Alibek Kachmazov will play each other in the quarter of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.
Adam Walton -> 1.44
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alibek Kachmazov
This will be the 2nd time that Adam Walton and Alibek Kachmazov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kachmazov won 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in M25 Tbilisi back in 2023.
Adam Walton
| 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. 111 (career-high), Walton reached the quarter after defeating James McCabe 6-2 6-3 and Alex Bolt 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-1 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 67 points vs Bolt’s 44. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 70% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Bolt 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (139-65). 31-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has an overall134-55 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he overcame Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
Adam has an overall 31-14 win-loss record in 2024, 31-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 8-6 | 1-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Alibek reached the quarter after defeating Luke Saville 6-4 6-1 and Seong Chan Hong 6-1 2-6 7-66.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Chan Hong (6-1 2-6 7-66). During the match Kachmazov scored 97 points vs Chan Hong’s 93. Alibek was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Kachmazov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 54% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Chan Hong 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alibek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kachmazov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
The Russian has an aggregate 14-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 45 |
| Pts | 129-83 | 163-138 |
| Total Points | 212 | 301 |
| Winners | 48 | 62 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Walton and Kachmazov played 2 matches. At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov dropped 1 set while Adam Walton hasn’t lost a set so far. Walton has played 1 set(s) less than Kachmazov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Walton played 12 games less than Kachmazov. Adam scored 48 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kachmazov fired 62 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 60/102 | 82/149 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 48/60 | 62/82 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 26/42 | 34/67 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Walton managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Kachmazov recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Walton won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 64% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Walton broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Walton lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Alibek broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Alibek conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 McCabe | R2 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 67-44 | 129-83 | |
| Total points | 101 | 111 | 212 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 30/43 | 60/102 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 70% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 26/30 | 48/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 87% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/29 | 5/13 | 26/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 38% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/16 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 31% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kachmazov | ||||
| R1 Saville | R2 Chan Hong | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 2-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 97-93 | 163-138 | |
| Total points | 111 | 190 | 301 | |
| Winners | 24 | 38 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 55/102 | 82/149 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 38/55 | 62/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 69% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 23/47 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 7/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 70% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Wuxi Challenger
- Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios – Ray Ho/Ramkumar RamanathanHo/Ramkumar Ramanathan (2-6 6-3 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
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