James Watt and Mark Whitehouse will play each other in the qualifications of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Whitehouse who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Whitehouse is the pick to win this match.
Mark Whitehouse -> 1.57
James Watt -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head James Watt vs. Mark Whitehouse

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

James Watt

Ranked no. 787, Watt got to the qualifications after beating Jesse Flores 6-1 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Flores (6-1 7-6⁵). During the match, Watt scored 67 points vs Flores’s 52. The Kiwi was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Watt bagged 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, James Watt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Watt broke Flores 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Watt has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (45-41). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Watt has a compiled1-0 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.

James has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger

Watt has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Whitehouse

Ranked no. 894, Mark got to the qualifications after defeating Kosuke Ogura 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Mark had a good straight sets win against Ogura (6-2 6-2). During the match Whitehouse scored 71 points vs Ogura’s 49. Mark was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Whitehouse made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Whitehouse lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Whitehouse put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Ogura 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Mark has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Watt	Whitehouse
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	16
Pts	67-52	71-49
Total Points	119	120
Winners	27	24
%Winners	40%	34%

Both Watt and Whitehouse played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watt and Whitehouse have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Watt played 4 games more than Whitehouse. James scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Whitehouse scored 24 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Watt	Whitehouse
Aces	7	4
Avg per match	7	4
1st in	30/57	35/56
%1st in	53%	63%
1st pts	27/30	24/35
%1st pts	90%	69%
2nd pts	15/27	9/21
%2nd pts	56%	43%

Watt struck 7 aces . Whitehouse fired 4 aces . Watt won 90% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Whitehouse won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Watt	Whitehouse
Won	3	6
Converted	3/9	6/11
% Converted	33%	55%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

James broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Watt surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Watt
	Q1 Flores	Total
Score	6-1 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	67-52	67-52
Total points	119	119
Winners	27	27
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	30/57	30/57
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	27/30	27/30
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	15/27	15/27
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Whitehouse
	Q1 Ogura	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	71-49	71-49
Total points	120	120
Winners	24	24
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/56	35/56
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	24/35	24/35
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	9/21	9/21
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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