H2H, prediction of Adam Walton vs Alibek Kachmazov in Guangzhou Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 1st May 2025

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alibek Kachmazov

Adam Walton and Alibek Kachmazov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.57
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Alibek Kachmazov

This will be the 3rd time that Adam Walton and Alibek Kachmazov square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kachmazov won 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the quarter in the Wuxi Challenger back in 2024.

Adam Walton

Adam Walton
Adam Walton

25 - 13win/loss

Hard
24-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Rank
91
High
85
LWLLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-16 24-14 2-2 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. 86, Adam got to the 2nd round after defeating Andre Ilagan 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 1st round, Adam had a good straight sets win against Ilagan (6-3 7-63). During the match, Walton scored 71 points vs Ilagan’s 60. Adam was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton blasted 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Ilagan twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Walton has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (187-101). 24-12 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Walton has an overall173-81 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Brisbane 2 Challenger where he beat Jason Murray Kubler in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(4).

Walton has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2025, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Walton
Guangzhou Challenger
Walton's Record

Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov
Alibek Kachmazov

12 - 11win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
6-7
Rank
169
High
161
LLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-14 9-6 0-1 6-7 0-0 0-0
2024 37-28 17-13 6-6 14-9 0-0 0-0
2023 49-31 24-14 9-6 14-10 0-0 2-1
2022 49-21 18-11 9-5 22-5 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 6-8 3-6 27-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 185, Kachmazov got to the 2nd round after defeating Fajing Sun 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-4 7-65). During the match Kachmazov scored 87 points vs Sun’s 76. Kachmazov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Kachmazov managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 49% of his first serves in, winning 87% (34/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Alibek broke Sun twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Alibek’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Gwangju Challenger.

Alibek has a compiled 12-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Kachmazov
Guangzhou Challenger
Kachmazov's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Walton
A.Kachmazov
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
2h:01
2h:01
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
23
23
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
71
71
Total points​
87
87
71
71
Avg point​
87
87
29
29
Winners
34
34
29
29
Avg Winners​
34
34
41%
41%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
9
9
!
11
11
Avg Aces
9
9
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
29/33
29/33
1st won total​
34/39
34/39
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
15/28
15/28
2nd won total​
20/41
20/41
54%
54%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
2/8
2/8
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
2/8
2/8
33%
33%
Won
!
25%
25%
1
1
Conceded
3
3
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Walton Kachmazov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 23
Pts 71-60 87-76
Total Points 131 163
Winners 29 34
%Winners 41% 39%

Both Walton and Kachmazov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Kachmazov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walton played 1 game less than Kachmazov. Walton scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 34 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Walton Kachmazov
Aces 11 9
Avg per match 11 9
1st in 33/61 39/80
%1st in 54% 49%
1st pts 29/33 34/39
%1st pts 88% 87%
2nd pts 15/28 20/41
%2nd pts 54% 49%

Walton managed to score 11 aces . Kachmazov managed to score 9 aces . Walton won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Walton Kachmazov
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/8
% Converted 33% 25%
Conceded 1 3
Saved 0 2
% Saved 0% 67%
Times Broken 1 1

Walton broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kachmazov broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
R1
Ilagan
Total
Score 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 71-60 71-60
Total points 131 131
Winners 29 29
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/61 33/61
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 29/33 29/33
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Kachmazov
R1
Sun
Total
Score 6-4 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 87-76 87-76
Total points 163 163
Winners 34 34
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 39/80 39/80
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 34/39 34/39
% 1st pts 87% 87%
2nd pts 20/41 20/41
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Walton
LWLLWLWLWW
Kachmazov
LLWLWWWLWW
2025 2024 2023
26 - 16
15 - 14
24-14
Hard
9-6
0-0
I Hard
6-7
2-2
Clay
0-1

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