Adam Walton and Mackenzie Mcdonald will play each other in the quarter of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.33
Adam Walton -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 2nd time that Adam Walton and Mackenzie Mcdonald square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Mcdonald won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in the Shenzhen Challenger back in October 2024.
Adam Walton
52 - 34win/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. 103, Adam got to the quarter after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 1-6 6-1 and Tsung-Hao Huang 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Huang (7-5 6-1). During the match, Walton scored 79 points vs Huang’s 55. Walton was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 70% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Huang 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Walton has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (160-85). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has a compiled5-7 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season 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 overcame Illya Marchenko in the final 3-6 6-2 7-6(3).
Adam has an overall 52-34 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
Mackenzie Mcdonald
25 - 21win/loss
132
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. 120, the American reached the quarter after beating Kaito Uesugi 6-2 6-4 and Kokoro Isomura 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Isomura (6-2 6-0). During the match Mcdonald scored 63 points vs Isomura’s 40. The American was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mcdonald broke Isomura 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Shenzhen Challenger where he defeated Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 7-6(4).
Mcdonald has an aggregate 25-21 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 32 |
| Pts | 153-123 | 129-82 |
| Total Points | 276 | 211 |
| Winners | 66 | 44 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Walton and Mcdonald played 2 matches. At the moment, Adam Walton surrendered 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t dropped a set so far. Walton has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (5 vs 4). Therefore, Walton played 11 games more than Mcdonald. Adam scored 66 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mcdonald made 44 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 87/130 | 56/100 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 66/87 | 44/56 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Walton made 12 aces (6 per match). Mcdonald bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Walton won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Mcdonald |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 41% | 59% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Adam broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Adam lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mackenzie broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| R1 Escoffier |
R2 Huang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 43 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 79-55 | 153-123 | |
| Total points | 142 | 134 | 276 | |
| Winners | 36 | 30 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/73 | 40/57 | 87/130 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 30/40 | 66/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 8/17 | 19/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 47% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/14 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 43% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 4/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Mcdonald | ||||
| R1 Uesugi |
R2 Isomura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 32 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 63-40 | 129-82 | |
| Total points | 108 | 103 | 211 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 27/48 | 56/100 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/27 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 11/21 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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