Ajeet Rai and Blake Ellis will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Granby Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blake Ellis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blake Ellis is the pick to win this match.
Blake Ellis -> 1.42
Ajeet Rai -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Ajeet Rai vs. Blake Ellis
This will be the 2nd time that Ajeet Rai and Blake Ellis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ellis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Ellis won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in China F10 (Shenzhen) back in 2018.
Ajeet Rai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 21-17 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 19-24 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 439, Ajeet will start his run in the Granby Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Changwon where he lost 4-6 3-2 ret. to Jun in the 1st round on the 15th of June.
The Kiwi has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2023, 2-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ajeet’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Swan Hill and M25 Canberra.
Talking about his overall career, Rai has an overall 124-92 record. He has a positive 105-79 record on hard.
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Ajeet has never competed in this tournament before.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-25 | 26-21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, Ellis will start his run in the Granby Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Dallas where he lost 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2 to Krueger in the semifinal on the 15th of July.
Blake has an aggregate 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Mysuru.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 154-119 record. He has a positive 119-100 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Colin MarkesMarkes – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ezekiel ClarkEzekiel – Jaden WeekesJaden (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick ChappellChappell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Calum PuttergillPuttergill – Joshua SheehySheehy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Christian HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Colin SinclairSinclair – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Jason JungJung (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – Ajeet RaiRai (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Tristan MccormickMccormick (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dan MartinMartin – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
