Denis Shapovalov and Adam Walton will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 6. 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 Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.155
Adam Walton -> 5.35

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Adam Walton

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov

11 - 4win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
5-0
Rank
23
High
10
LLWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 14-11 2-5 9-3 1-3 0-0
2024 33-25 9-10 5-6 16-6 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0

Ranked no. 28, Denis will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(1) to Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal on the 28th of February.

Shapovalov has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Dallas where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, The Canadian has an overall 319-211 record. He has a positive 138-93 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See his history.

Indian Wells
Shapovalov's Record

Adam Walton

Adam Walton

15 - 7win/loss

Hard
15-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
78
High
74
LLLLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-34 32-23 2-2 1-4 1-5 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 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-4, Michael Mmoh 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Giulio Zeppieri 7-5 6-1.

In the 1st round, Walton had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (7-5 6-1). During the match Walton scored 68 points vs Zeppieri’s 50. Walton was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Walton couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Adam Walton lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 75% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Adam broke Zeppieri 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

His best result of the current year 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 compiled 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history

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Indian Wells
Walton's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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