Alastair Gray and Mark Whitehouse will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alastair Gray who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alastair Gray is the pick to win this match.
Alastair Gray -> 1.3
Mark Whitehouse -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Alastair Gray vs. Mark Whitehouse
This will be the 2nd time that Alastair Gray and Mark Whitehouse fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gray (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Gray won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Nottingham back in May 2022.
Alastair Gray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 26-12 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 18-11 | 0-0 | 20-6 | 9-7 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 25-10 | 24-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, the Brit will start his run in the Surbiton Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Nottingham where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Broom in the quarter on the 13th of May.
Gray has an aggregate 28-7 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Gray’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Shrewsbury,M25 Glasgow and M25 Trimbach.
Talking about his overall career, Gray has an overall 84-43 record. He has a negative 1-7 record on grass.
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Mark Whitehouse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 13-26 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-33 | 25-21 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-18 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 725, Whitehouse reached the 1st round after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 6-3 6-4 and Antoine Hoang 6-75 7-65 7-64.
In the qualifications against Hoang, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-65 7-64). During the match Whitehouse scored 130 points vs Hoang’s 125. Whitehouse was extremely aggressive to blast 74 winners.
Talking about serving, Whitehouse blasted 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Whitehouse lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Whitehouse put 77% of his first serves in, winning 77% (74/96) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Hoang twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Mark’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Heraklion.
Whitehouse has a compiled 14-13 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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