

What Time Will Adam Walton Play Against Lukas Klein?
Walton and Klein are on the Day 1 Schedule at Chengdu Open 2024 on Wednesday 18 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Adam Walton from Australia (AUS) and Lukas Klein from Slovakia (SVK) will be facing each other for the first time. Adam Walton is 25 years old and is currently ranked No. 94 in the world, with a career-high ranking of No. 86. In 2024, he has a record of 3-10, reaching the second round three times. He will be making his debut at the Chengdu tournament. Walton started the 2024 season ranked No. 176 but broke into the top 100 in May and reached his career-high ranking in August after a successful run in Challengers, with a 30-14 record and titles in Burnie-2 and Taipei. He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2024 Adelaide as a qualifier and achieved his first win against Hanfmann in the first round of the 2024 Mallorca. He also secured his first main draw win at a Grand Slam by defeating Coria in the first round of the 2024 Wimbledon, but lost to Comesana in the second round after a fifth-set tiebreak. Walton has a 59-39 record in Challengers, with a 3-4 record in finals, and won his first Challenger title in 2023 in Cary. In January 2017, he reached a career-high ITF world junior ranking of No. 60. It’s worth noting that Walton is looking to end a six-match losing streak across all levels since his last ATP Tour hard-court
win against Kecmanovic in Atlanta in July. He reached the final of the Guangzhou Challenger in April but lost to Schoolkate. On the other hand, Lukas Klein is 26 years old and is currently ranked No. 127 in the world, with a career-high ranking of No. 109 achieved in August 2024. He broke into the top 300 in 2020 and the top 200 in 2022. Klein made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Buenos Aires, where he defeated his compatriot Martin in the first round. He also played in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Wimbledon, where he defeated Kwon. In 2024, he has a record of 6-9, reaching the second round five times. His first Grand Slam win came at the Australian Open, where he lost in the second round to Zverev in a fifth-set tiebreak. Klein started the 2024 season with a significant win against No. 28 Baez in Brisbane but lost to Arnaldi in the second round. In Challengers, he has a 99-78 record, with a 3-2 record in finals, and has won titles at Troisdorf in 2022, Alicante, and Ortisei in 2023. Klein aims to become the first Slovak to record a match win at the Chengdu tournament and is seeking his first ATP Tour win since defeating former World No. 3 Wawrinka in the Gstaad first round in July.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Walton will win.
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