Adam Walton and Mackenzie Mcdonald will play each other in the quarter of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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