Alastair Gray and Patrick Kypson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.87
Alastair Gray -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alastair Gray vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Alastair Gray and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alastair Gray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 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. 292, Gray reached the 2nd round after beating Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alastair had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-4 6-4). During the match, Gray scored 63 points vs Galarneau’s 54. Alastair was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gray fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alastair Gray lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gray put 75% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 27% (4/15) on the 2nd serve. Alastair broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gray has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (130-73). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gray has a composed32-13 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Gray’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Sheffield.
Gray has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Gray has never competed in this tournament before.
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 526, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Keshav Chopra 6-3 6-4, Alex Rybakov 4-6 7-63 7-5 and Keegan Smith 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-1 7-64). During the match Kypson scored 68 points vs Smith’s 44. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kypson struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Patrick Kypson was quite efficient on serve to win 91% (29/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Smith 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kypson has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gray | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 74 |
| Pts | 63-54 | 244-199 |
| Total Points | 117 | 443 |
| Winners | 34 | 108 |
| %Winners | 54% | 44% |
Gray played 1 match while Kypson competed in 3 matches. Kypson started his run from the qualifications while Gray had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Patrick Kypson surrendered 1 set while Alastair Gray hasn’t lost a set so far. Gray has played 5 set(s) less than Kypson (2 vs 7). Therefore, Gray played 54 games less than Kypson. Gray scored 34 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Kypson made 108 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gray | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 46/61 | 127/206 |
| %1st in | 75% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 108/127 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 4/15 | 46/79 |
| %2nd pts | 27% | 58% |
Gray bagged 7 aces . Kypson blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Gray won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 27% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gray | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Brit broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kypson conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gray | |||
| R1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-54 | 63-54 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/61 | 46/61 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 27% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kypson | |||||
| Q1 Chopra |
Q3 Rybakov |
R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 7-63 7-5 | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 110-103 | 68-44 | 244-199 | |
| Total points | 118 | 213 | 112 | 443 | |
| Winners | 28 | 51 | 29 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 62/98 | 32/54 | 127/206 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 51/62 | 29/32 | 108/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 82% | 91% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 18/36 | 15/22 | 46/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 68% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/6 | 3/4 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 75% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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