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

Adam Walton

33 - 15win/loss

Hard
33-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-1
Rank
90
High
86
LLLWWWWLWW
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.

Taipei Challenger
Walton's Record

Ricardas Berankis

Ricardas Berankis

22 - 12win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
10-6
Rank
322
High
50
LLLWLLLLLW
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).

Taipei Challenger
Berankis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Walton
R.Berankis
2h:52
2h:52
Time on court​
2h:47
2h:47
1h:07
1h:07
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
2
2
Match played
2
2
34
34
Games Played​
39
39
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
142
142
Total points​
155
155
71
71
Avg point​
77.5
77.5
56
56
Winners
51
51
28
28
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
9
9
2
2
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
56/72
56/72
1st won total​
51/74
51/74
!
78%
78%
1st won %
69%
69%
22/39
22/39
2nd won total​
29/42
29/42
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
10/28
10/28
4/9.5
4/9.5
Avg BP won
5/14
5/14
42%
42%
Won
36%
36%
4
4
Conceded
9
9
2
2
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
1
1
Broken
3
3
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
3
3
Saved
6
6

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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