Johannus Monday and Alastair Gray will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:15 pm on SHOW COURT 1. 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 Johannus Monday who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johannus Monday is the pick to win this match.
Johannus Monday -> 1.59
Alastair Gray -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Johannus Monday vs. Alastair Gray
This will be the 2nd time that Johannus Monday and Alastair Gray clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monday (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Monday won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in M25 Falun back in 2022.
Johannus Monday
24 - 9win/loss
216
216
WLWWLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-15 | 17-7 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-7 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-6 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244 (career-high), Johannus reached the qualifications after beating Anton Matusevich 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Johannus had a good straight sets win against Matusevich (6-4 7-5). During the match, Monday scored 75 points vs Matusevich’s 57. Monday was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Monday recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Johannus Monday was very efficient on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Johannus broke Matusevich twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Monday has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (87-44). 1-1 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Monday has a compiled5-7 match record in the last 6 years on grass.
The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland and M25 Bakersfield.
Johannus has an aggregate 23-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Alastair Gray
23 - 12win/loss
362
237
LWLLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-14 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
| 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. 377, Gray got to the qualifications after beating Edas Butvilas 4-6 6-3 7-6(7).
In the qualifications against Butvilas, Alastair recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-67). During the match Gray scored 101 points vs Butvilas’s 91. Gray was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Gray managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alastair Gray was quite effective on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Brit broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal and M25 Glasgow.
Alastair has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monday | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 |
| Pts | 75-57 | 101-91 |
| Total Points | 132 | 192 |
| Winners | 35 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Both Monday and Gray played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alastair Gray lost 1 set while Johannus Monday hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monday has played 1 set(s) less than Gray (2 vs 3). Therefore, Monday played 10 games less than Gray. The Brit scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Gray blasted 43 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monday | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 8 |
| 1st in | 41/53 | 58/96 |
| %1st in | 77% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 43/58 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 61% |
Monday scored 9 aces . Gray fired 8 aces . Monday won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monday | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Johannus broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Johannus quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gray broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gray conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monday | |||
| Q1 Matusevich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 75-57 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 35/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gray | |||
| Q1 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-91 | 101-91 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/96 | 58/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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