Kacper Zuk and Alastair Gray will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.
Alastair Gray -> 1.65
Kacper Zuk -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Alastair Gray
This will be the 2nd time that Kacper Zuk and Alastair Gray square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zuk (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Zuk won 6-4 6-4 in the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2022.
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 414, Kacper got to the qualifications after beating Viktor Frydrych 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Frydrych, The Pole recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Zuk and Frydrych scored the same amount of points (75). However, the world no. 414 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Zuk was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk blasted 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Kacper Zuk lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 65% of his first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Kacper broke Frydrych 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Zuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (225-152). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zuk has an overall54-33 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Pole has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Alastair Gray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 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. 517, Gray reached the qualifications after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Alastair had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-3 6-2). During the match Gray scored 60 points vs Mchugh’s 45. Alastair was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Gray scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alastair Gray lost the serve once. Furthermore, Gray put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Mchugh 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Brit’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Nussloch.
The Brit has a compiled 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 75-75 | 60-45 |
| Total Points | 150 | 105 |
| Winners | 32 | 22 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Zuk and Gray played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kacper Zuk surrendered 1 set while Alastair Gray hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zuk has played 1 set more than Gray (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zuk played 8 games more than Gray. Kacper scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Gray scored 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 33/51 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 32/53 | 22/33 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 67% |
Zuk recorded 2 aces . Gray fired 7 aces . Zuk won 60% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 57% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Zuk broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Zuk lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alastair broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Gray conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||
| Q1 Frydrych | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 75-75 | 75-75 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/53 | 32/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gray | |||
| Q1 Mchugh | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 60-45 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 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 | |
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