Alastair Gray and James Story will face off in the qualifications of the Glasgow Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alastair Gray is the pick to win this match.
Alastair Gray -> 1.23
James Story -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Alastair Gray vs. James Story

There is no head to head record between Alastair Gray and James Story since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alastair Gray

Alastair Gray

13 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
8-1
Rank
306
High
237
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-18 25-8 0-0 11-5 2-4 5-1
2024 26-14 15-7 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

Ranked no. 417, Gray reached the qualifications after beating Elmar Ejupovic 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Gray had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gray scored 68 points vs Ejupovic’s 49. Gray was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gray scored 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alastair Gray was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Ejupovic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Gray has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (191-99). 8-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gray has an overall 51-24 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Alastair’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal and M25 Glasgow.

The Brit has a compiled 13-1 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Glasgow Challenger

Gray has never competed in this tournament before.

Glasgow Challenger
Gray's Record

James Story

James Story

9 - 5win/loss

Rank
465
High
455
LWLWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 50-28 27-14 0-0 20-10 0-3 3-1
2024 33-11 28-8 0-0 5-3 0-0 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 9-5 0-0 0-0 5-2 4-3 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 739 (career-high), Story got to the qualifications after beating Tom Gentzsch 3-6 6-3 7-6(3).

In the qualifications against Gentzsch, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-63). During the match Story scored 107 points vs Gentzsch’s 101. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Story bagged 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. James Story lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Story put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (57/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Story broke Gentzsch once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Story has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Glasgow Challenger
Story's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Gray
J.Story
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
2h:09
2h:09
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
!
2h:09
2h:09
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
31
31
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
68
68
Total points​
107
107
68
68
Avg point​
107
107
32
32
Winners
57
57
32
32
Avg Winners​
57
57
47%
47%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
15
15
!
11
11
Avg Aces
!
15
15
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
5
5
32/39
32/39
1st won total​
57/70
57/70
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
11/21
11/21
2nd won total​
16/35
16/35
52%
52%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
1/4
1/4
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
1/4
1/4
43%
43%
Won
!
25%
25%
4
4
Conceded
7
7
4
4
Avg Conceded
7
7
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gray Story
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 31
Pts 68-49 107-101
Total Points 117 208
Winners 32 57
%Winners 47% 53%

Both Gray and Story played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James Story lost 1 set while Alastair Gray hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gray has played 1 set(s) less than Story (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gray played 12 games less than Story. Alastair scored 32 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, James made 57 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gray Story
Aces 11 15
Avg per match 11 15
1st in 39/60 70/105
%1st in 65% 67%
1st pts 32/39 57/70
%1st pts 82% 81%
2nd pts 11/21 16/35
%2nd pts 52% 46%

Gray made 11 aces . Story fired 15 aces . Gray won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Story won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gray Story
Won 3 1
Converted 3/7 1/4
% Converted 43% 25%
Conceded 4 7
Saved 3 6
% Saved 75% 86%
Times Broken 1 1

Gray broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Gray surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Story conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Gray
Q1
Ejupovic
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 68-49 68-49
Total points 117 117
Winners 32 32
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 39/60 39/60
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 32/39 32/39
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 11/21 11/21
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Story
Q1
Gentzsch
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 107-101 107-101
Total points 208 208
Winners 57 57
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 70/105 70/105
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 57/70 57/70
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 16/35 16/35
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/4 1/4
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 6/7 6
Saved % 86% 86%
Times Broken 1 1

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