Adam Walton and Mackenzie Mcdonald will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.48
Adam Walton -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Mackenzie Mcdonald since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Adam Walton
50 - 33win/loss
93
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, Walton got to the semifinal after beating Jie Cui 6-4 6-3, Fajing Sun 7-6(5) 7-5 and James McCabe 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the quarter against McCabe, Walton had a free pass after McCabe retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Walton has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (158-84). 46-26 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has an overall149-68 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he defeated Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and the Taipei Challenger where he defeated Illya Marchenko in the final 3-6 6-2 7-6(3).
The Australian has an aggregate 50-33 win-loss record in 2024, 46-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Walton has never competed in this tournament before.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
21 - 21win/loss
131
37
LWLWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-23 | 18-12 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-30 | 23-15 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 16-16 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-26 | 15-12 | 12-5 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, Mackenzie reached the semifinal after beating Thomas Fancutt 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-1, Rio Noguchi 6-2 6-3 and Kris Van Wyk 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Mcdonald had a good straight sets win against Van Wyk (6-3 6-2). During the match Mcdonald scored 62 points vs Van Wyk’s 44. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mackenzie broke Van Wyk 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mcdonald has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Mackenzie’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger and the Hangzhou Challenger.
The American has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 67 |
| Pts | 183-145 | 236-184 |
| Total Points | 328 | 420 |
| Winners | 69 | 95 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Walton and Mcdonald played 3 matches. At the moment, Mackenzie Mcdonald lost 1 set while Adam Walton hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Mcdonald have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Walton played 11 games less than Mcdonald. The Australian scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 95 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 85/149 | 119/216 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 69/85 | 95/119 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 39/64 | 57/97 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 59% |
Walton fired 29 aces (9.7 per match). Mcdonald scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Walton won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 53% | 53% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Adam broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Mackenzie broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Mcdonald conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||||
| R1 Cui |
R2 Sun |
1/4 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 7-5 | 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 12 | 56 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 81-73 | 44-28 | 183-145 | |
| Total points | 102 | 154 | 72 | 328 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 17 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 31% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 34/70 | 20/29 | 85/149 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 49% | 69% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 25/34 | 17/20 | 69/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 74% | 85% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 21/36 | 4/9 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 58% | 44% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 75% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mcdonald | |||||
| R1 Fancutt |
R2 Noguchi |
1/4 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-75 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 17 | 17 | 67 | |
| pts | 115-100 | 59-40 | 62-44 | 236-184 | |
| Total points | 215 | 99 | 106 | 420 | |
| Winners | 48 | 23 | 24 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 62/109 | 26/48 | 31/59 | 119/216 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 54% | 53% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 23/26 | 24/31 | 95/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 88% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 12/22 | 18/28 | 57/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 55% | 64% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Shenzhen Challenger
- Ray Ho/Joshua ParisHo/Joshua Paris – Tsung-Hao Huang/Kris Van WykHuang/Kris Van Wyk (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
