Adam Walton and Ricardas Berankis will face off in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on SHOW COURT. 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 -> 1.36
Ricardas Berankis -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Ricardas Berankis
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Ricardas Berankis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 111 (career-high), Walton reached the quarter after beating Yuta Shimizu 7-65 6-0 and Ji Sung Nam 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (6-0 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 66 points vs Sung Nam’s 38. Adam was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Sung Nam 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (141-66). 33-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has a composed136-56 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he beat Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
The Australian has an overall 33-15 win-loss record in 2024, 33-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Adam has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 324, Berankis got to the quarter after beating Brandon Holt 6-1 6-1 and Antoine Escoffier 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Escoffier, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Berankis scored 96 points vs Escoffier’s 78. Richard was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Berankis blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Richard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Richard’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Berankis has an overall 22-12 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 39 |
| Pts | 142-91 | 155-106 |
| Total Points | 233 | 261 |
| Winners | 56 | 51 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Both Walton and Berankis played 2 matches. At the moment, Ricardas Berankis conceded 1 set while Adam Walton hasn’t lost a set so far. Walton has played 1 set(s) less than Berankis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Walton played 5 games less than Berankis. Walton scored 56 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Berankis fired 51 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 72/111 | 74/116 |
| %1st in | 65% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 56/72 | 51/74 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 29/42 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 69% |
Walton bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Berankis fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Walton won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 10/28 |
| % Converted | 42% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Adam broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Walton dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-0 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 76-53 | 66-38 | 142-91 | |
| Total points | 129 | 104 | 233 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 33/51 | 72/111 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/33 | 56/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/18 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Berankis | ||||
| R1 Holt |
R2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 | 39 | |
| pts | 59-28 | 96-78 | 155-106 | |
| Total points | 87 | 174 | 261 | |
| Winners | 17 | 34 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/33 | 54/83 | 74/116 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 34/54 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | 18/29 | 29/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 62% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/16 | 10/28 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 31% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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