Jordan Thompson and Jay Clarke will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:30 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 Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.25
Jay Clarke -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Jay Clarke
This will be the 4th time that Jordan Thompson and Jay Clarke square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Clarke won 7-5 2-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Anning Challenger back in 2019.
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 23-13 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Antoine Bellier 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-3 6-4). During the match, Thompson scored 66 points vs Bellier’s 51. Jordan was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thompson bagged 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was very efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 81% (17/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Bellier twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Thompson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (362-243). 6-0 on grass in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has an overall 45-33 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Thompson’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Surbiton Challenger.
Jordan has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Jordan has never competed in this tournament before.
Jay Clarke
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-29 | 6-4 | 41-18 | 6-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 10-12 | 21-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-27 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 7-7 | 8-14 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-11 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Jay reached the 2nd round after defeating Paul Jubb 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Clarke had a good straight sets win against Jubb (6-3 6-2). During the match Clarke scored 56 points vs Jubb’s 38. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Clarke managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jay Clarke was very efficient on serve to win 91% (20/22) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Jubb 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Forli 2 Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
Jay has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
| Pts | 66-51 | 56-38 |
| Total Points | 117 | 94 |
| Winners | 27 | 20 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Thompson and Clarke played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Clarke have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Thompson played 2 games more than Clarke. The Australian scored 27 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit bagged 20 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 22/44 |
| %1st in | 64% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 20/22 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 59% |
Thompson struck 3 aces . Clarke scored 5 aces . Thompson won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Thompson was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Jay conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | |||
| R1 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarke | |||
| R1 Jubb |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-38 | 56-38 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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