Adam Walton and James McCabe will face off in the quarter of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 5^th 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 5^th 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 1^st round in the Wuxi Challenger back in May 2024.

Adam Walton

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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