Jordan Thompson and Alastair Gray will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.29
Alastair Gray -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Alastair Gray
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Alastair Gray since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 93, Thompson got to the quarter after defeating Aziz Dougaz 6-3 6-4 and Henri Squire 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 6-1). During the match, Thompson scored 58 points vs Squire’s 37. Jordan was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thompson managed to score 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jordan broke Squire 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thompson hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Thompson has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (345-238). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has an overall 32-16 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Thompson has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Thompson has never competed in this tournament before.
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, the Brit got to the quarter after defeating Alexis Galarneau 6-4 6-4 and Patrick Kypson 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Gray had a good straight sets win against Kypson (7-63 6-3). During the match Gray scored 74 points vs Kypson’s 62. Gray was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Gray bagged 17 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alastair Gray was quite effective on serve to win 86% (38/44) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alastair broke Kypson once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Alastair’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Sheffield.
Gray has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 42 |
| Pts | 121-77 | 137-116 |
| Total Points | 198 | 253 |
| Winners | 52 | 72 |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% |
Both Thompson and Gray played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Gray have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Thompson played 6 games less than Gray. Thompson scored 52 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit blasted 72 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 65/96 | 90/132 |
| %1st in | 68% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 52/65 | 72/90 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 25/31 | 19/42 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 45% |
Thompson bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Gray blasted 24 aces (12 per match). Thompson won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 55% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Thompson broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Thompson very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Brit broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 Dougaz |
R2 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 58-37 | 121-77 | |
| Total points | 103 | 95 | 198 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/53 | 28/43 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 22/28 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/16 | 11/15 | 25/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 73% | 81% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/7 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gray | ||||
| R1 Galarneau |
R2 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 63-54 | 74-62 | 137-116 | |
| Total points | 117 | 136 | 253 | |
| Winners | 34 | 38 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 51% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 17 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/61 | 44/71 | 90/132 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 62% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 38/44 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/15 | 15/27 | 19/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 56% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/2 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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