Adam Walton and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE 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 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
Brandon Holt -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Brandon Holt

This will be the 3^rd time that Adam Walton and Brandon Holt square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Holt (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Holt won 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(0) in the qualifications in Mallorca back in June 2025.

Adam Walton

Ranked no. 77, Adam reached the 2^nd round after defeating Fajing Sun 3-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Sun, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Walton scored 115 points vs Sun’s 110. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Walton managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 58% of his first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Sun 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Walton has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (197-117). 32-22 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has an overall181-91 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

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

Adam has a composed 35-29 win-loss record in 2025, 32-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Walton has never competed in this tournament before.

Brandon Holt

Ranked no. 115, Brandon got to the 2^nd round after beating Maxim Zhukov 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Zhukov, Holt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Holt scored 107 points vs Zhukov’s 99. Brandon was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Holt managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 68% of his first serves in, winning 74% (45/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Zhukov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-3 6-3.

Holt has an overall 41-26 win-loss record in 2025, 31-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Walton	Holt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	28
Pts	115-110	107-99
Total Points	225	206
Winners	39	45
%Winners	34%	42%

Both Walton and Holt played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Adam Walton conceded 1 set, while Brandon Holt surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Walton and Holt have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Walton played 3 games more than Holt. Adam scored 39 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Holt managed to score 45 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Walton	Holt
Aces	11	10
Avg per match	11	10
1st in	59/102	61/90
%1st in	58%	68%
1st pts	39/59	45/61
%1st pts	66%	74%
2nd pts	23/43	11/29
%2nd pts	53%	38%

Walton recorded 11 aces . Holt bagged 10 aces . Walton won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Walton	Holt
Won	4	5
Converted	4/14	5/9
% Converted	29%	56%
Conceded	11	9
Saved	7	5
% Saved	64%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Walton broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Walton
	R1 Sun	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	115-110	115-110
Total points	225	225
Winners	39	39
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	59/102	59/102
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	39/59	39/59
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	23/43	23/43
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Holt
	R1 Zhukov	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	107-99	107-99
Total points	206	206
Winners	45	45
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	61/90	61/90
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	45/61	45/61
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	11/29	11/29
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Laslo DjereDjere (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Billy HarrisHarris (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction