Adam Walton and James McCabe will face off in the quarter of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. In the following lines 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 -> 1.33
James McCabe -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. James McCabe
This will be the 5th time that Adam Walton and James McCabe play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Walton (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Walton won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Wuxi Challenger back in May 2024.
Adam Walton
49 - 33win/loss
90
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. 102, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Jie Cui 6-4 6-3 and Fajing Sun 7-6(5) 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Walton had a good straight sets win against Sun (7-65 7-5). During the match, Walton scored 81 points vs Sun’s 73. Adam was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton fired 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Adam broke Sun 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (157-84). 45-26 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has an overall148-68 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) and the Taipei Challenger where he beat Illya Marchenko in the final 3-6 6-2 7-6(3).
The Australian has an overall 49-33 win-loss record in 2024, 45-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
49 - 29win/loss
260
258
WLWLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-33 | 46-26 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 276, James reached the quarter after defeating Vadym Ursu 2-6 6-3 6-3 and Linang Xiao 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, McCabe had a good straight sets win against Xiao (6-3 6-3). During the match McCabe scored 56 points vs Xiao’s 45. McCabe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, McCabe struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Xiao 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
McCabe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
James’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
The Australian has a composed 49-29 win-loss record in 2024, 42-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 44 |
| Pts | 139-117 | 140-124 |
| Total Points | 256 | 264 |
| Winners | 52 | 58 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Walton and McCabe played 2 matches. At the moment, James McCabe dropped 1 set while Adam Walton hasn’t lost a set so far. Walton has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (4 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (44). The Australian scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, McCabe made 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 65/120 | 75/124 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 58/75 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 35/55 | 23/49 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 47% |
Walton managed to score 24 aces (12 per match). McCabe struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Walton won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Walton broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. McCabe broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Cui |
R2 Sun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 81-73 | 139-117 | |
| Total points | 102 | 154 | 256 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 31% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 11 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 34/70 | 65/120 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 25/34 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 21/36 | 35/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 58% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/9 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| McCabe | ||||
| R1 Ursu |
R2 Xiao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 44 | |
| pts | 84-79 | 56-45 | 140-124 | |
| Total points | 163 | 101 | 264 | |
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 31/47 | 75/124 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 25/31 | 58/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/33 | 11/16 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 69% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/3 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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