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Walters vs Barsukov 0:2: result and our tips

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Marcus WaltersATP #898Elo 1562hard 1558
0:2final6:7(4) 2:6
Nikolai BarsukovATP #667Elo 1546hard 1550

Our tips

Tips and chances as published: . A published tip never changes.

Our tip
Total Games: Over 20.5Won60%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Over 20.5 games in recent matches: Walters 8 of 11, Barsukov 6 of 9 (tour average 54%)

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Marcus Walters63%
Nikolai Barsukov37%

Elo: M. Walters 51% · N. Barsukov 49%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 M. Walters41%
2:1 M. Walters22%
2:1 N. Barsukov16%
2:0 N. Barsukov22%

First set

Marcus Walters59%
Nikolai Barsukov41%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes38%
no63%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineOver 21.5 · 55%market (no margin): 52%

The 21.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 23.4

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
19.568%32%62%
20.560%40%54%
21.555%45%49%
22.548%53%42%
23.542%58%37%
24.539%61%35%
25.536%64%32%

Sample: 5,949 matches

Games handicap

M. Walters −2.552%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes36%

tour average 32%

Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite lost
  • Most likely set scorewas 0:2
  • Total games Over 21.5out · 21 games
  • Games handicapnot covered

Match stats

Marcus WaltersNikolai Barsukov
2Aces6
2Double faults3
63%First serves in53%
58%First-serve points won70%
41%Second-serve points won58%
2/7Break points converted4/7
6/10Service games held8/10
51%Service points won64%
36%Return points won49%
62Total points won80

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

M. WaltersTourN. Barsukov
Service points won62%62%61%
Return points won37%38%37%
Service games held76%76%72%
Breaks of serve21%24%22%
Aces per service game0.450.44
Double faults per game0.180.38
Sets with a tie-break17%29%
Tie-breaks won3/44/6
Wins in straight sets67%50%
Matches in the sample119

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Marcus Walters

  • 04/11/26LFelix Gill#228Challenger Taranto · R326:7 5:7
  • 03/11/26WRyan Peniston#886Challenger Taranto · Q22:6 7:5 6:1
  • 01/11/26WMoez Echargui#349Challenger Taranto · Q16:3 6:4
  • 23/08/26LMillen Hurrion#503Challenger Roehampton 2 · Q12:6 4:6
  • 17/08/26LPeter Makk#537Challenger Roehampton · Q24:6 5:7
  • 16/08/26WMatt PonchetChallenger Roehampton · Q17:6 7:6
  • 07/07/26LAmit Vales#476Challenger Nottingham 3 · R322:6 1:6
  • 06/07/26WJesse DelaneyChallenger Nottingham 3 · Q27:5 1:6 6:3
  • 05/07/26WVladislav MelnicChallenger Nottingham 3 · Q16:3 7:6
  • 12/01/26LHenry Searle#217Challenger Glasgow · Q24:6 5:7

Nikolai Barsukov

  • 09/08/26LNiklas Guttau#776Challenger Hamburg · Q17:6 5:7 3:6
  • 03/08/26LJuan Bautista Torres#314Challenger Hagen · Q20:6 2:6
  • 02/08/26WMika Petkovic#387Challenger Hagen · Q16:4 6:7 7:6
  • 30/01/26LIlia Simakin#148Challenger Phan Thiet 2 · QF6:7 5:7
  • 29/01/26WSanhui Shin#612Challenger Phan Thiet 2 · R166:1 6:3
  • 27/01/26WFederico Agustin Gomez#208Challenger Phan Thiet 2 · R327:6 7:5
  • 22/01/26LSoonwoo Kwon#160Challenger Phan Thiet · R161:6 1:6
  • 19/01/26WLuka Mikrut#251Challenger Phan Thiet · R323:6 6:2 7:6
  • 16/11/25LDaniil Ostapenkov#511Challenger Soma Bay · Q15:7 4:6
  • 20/10/25LMarvin Moeller#227Challenger Hamburg · Q26:7 6:2 4:6

Elo over the last year

Marcus WaltersNikolai Barsukov

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

M. WaltersN. Barsukov
Hard court4–450%3–350%
Clay0–01–233%
Grass2–167%0–0

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