Adam Walton and Fajing Sun will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.363
Fajing Sun -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Fajing Sun

There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Fajing Sun since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 95, Adam reached the 2^nd round after beating Ugo Blanchet 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Blanchet, Walton recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4).During the match, Walton scored less points (4) than Blanchet. In fact, the world no. 95 won 105 points vs Blanchet’s. That means that Walton was more focused during the important points. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton made 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (154-83). 42-25 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has an aggregate145-67 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he overcame Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and the Taipei Challenger where he overcame Illya Marchenko in the final 3-6 6-2 7-6(3).

The Australian has an overall 46-32 win-loss record in 2024, 42-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Fajing Sun

Ranked no. 351, Sun reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Fajing had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-4 6-3). During the match Sun scored 59 points vs Krueger’s 48. Fajing was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Sun recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Fajing Sun was quite effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Krueger 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Sun’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Luan,M25 Baotou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.

The Chinese has a compiled 42-23 win-loss record in 2024, 33-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Sun
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	32	19
Pts	105-109	59-48
Total Points	214	107
Winners	44	23
%Winners	42%	39%

Both Walton and Sun played 1 match. At the moment, Adam Walton dropped 1 set while Fajing Sun hasn’t lost a set so far. Walton has played 1 set more than Sun (3 vs 2). Therefore, Walton played 13 games more than Sun. The Australian scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Fajing fired 23 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Sun
Aces	7	3
Avg per match	7	3
1st in	64/98	29/57
%1st in	65%	51%
1st pts	44/64	23/29
%1st pts	69%	79%
2nd pts	17/34	16/28
%2nd pts	50%	57%

Walton blasted 7 aces . Sun recorded 3 aces . Walton won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Walton	Sun
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/5
% Converted	23%	60%
Conceded	11	4
Saved	8	3
% Saved	73%	75%
Times Broken	3	1

The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Adam conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Fajing broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Fajing conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Blanchet	Total
Score	3-6 7-66 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	105-109	105-109
Total points	214	214
Winners	44	44
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	64/98	64/98
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	44/64	44/64
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	17/34	17/34
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/13
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Sun
	R1 Krueger	R1 Krueger	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	19	38
pts	59-48	59-48	118-96
Total points	107	107	214
Winners	23	23	46
%Winners	39%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	29/57	29/57	58/114
% 1st in	51%	51%	51%
1st pts	23/29	23/29	46/58
% 1st pts	79%	79%	79%
2nd pts	16/28	16/28	32/56
% 2nd pts	57%	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/5	3/5	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%	60%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	3/4	3/4	6
Saved %	75%	75%	150%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou Challenger

• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Ray HoHo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Rigele TeTe (5-7 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Tianhui ZhangZhang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(1)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction