Adam Walton and Giulio Zeppieri will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM 4. 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 Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.68
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 24-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 96, the Australian got to the 1st round after defeating Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-4 and Michael Mmoh 6-4 2-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Walton defeated Mmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1). During the match, Walton scored 83 points vs Mmoh’s 73. Walton was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walton made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Adam Walton lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Walton put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Mmoh 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Walton has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (176-94). 14-6 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Walton has a compiled163-75 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Brisbane 2 Challenger where he overcame Jason Murray Kubler in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(4).
Adam has a composed 14-6 win-loss record in 2025, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 3-3 | 10-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 394, the Italian reached the 1st round after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-1 and Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(6) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-66 6-2). During the match Zeppieri scored 74 points vs Kukushkin’s 59. Giulio was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri made 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 59% of his first serves in, winning 90% (37/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Giulio broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giulio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.
Giulio has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 36 |
| Pts | 161-141 | 131-96 |
| Total Points | 302 | 227 |
| Winners | 59 | 65 |
| %Winners | 37% | 50% |
Both Walton and Zeppieri played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Adam Walton conceded 1 set while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Walton has played 1 set more than Zeppieri (5 vs 4). Therefore, Walton played 11 games more than Zeppieri. The Australian scored 59 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 65 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 89/139 | 75/124 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 59/89 | 65/75 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 27/50 | 19/49 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 39% |
Walton fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zeppieri recorded 19 aces (9.5 per match). Walton won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 48% | 64% |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 54% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Adam broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | ||||
| Q1 Lestienne |
Q3 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 83-73 | 161-141 | |
| Total points | 146 | 156 | 302 | |
| Winners | 33 | 26 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 39/63 | 89/139 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 26/39 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 14/24 | 27/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 0/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 0% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Zeppieri | ||||
| Q1 Hsin |
Q3 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 74-59 | 131-96 | |
| Total points | 94 | 133 | 227 | |
| Winners | 28 | 37 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 13 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 41/70 | 75/124 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 37/41 | 65/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 90% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 11/29 | 19/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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