Wednesday's Bloomfield Hills round of 16 pits Adam Walton against Thanasi Kokkinakis on hard. Thanasi Kokkinakis is 7-3 across recent matches. Adam Walton has won 7 of the last 10.
The two have never played — a first meeting always adds a layer of uncertainty the numbers can't fully capture.
Hold strength tells the story — 74.7% versus 70.7% on first-serve points in Kokkinakis's favor. Kokkinakis comes in off a compressed schedule. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Kokkinakis fractionally more likely to land the big points.