Connor Thomson and James Story will face off in the 1st round of the Nottingham 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Story who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Story is the pick to win this match.
James Story -> 1.63
Connor Thomson -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Connor Thomson vs. James Story
There is no head to head record between Connor Thomson and James Story since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Connor Thomson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Connor will start his run in the Nottingham 3 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Edgbaston where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Jubb in the 2nd round on the 18th of October.
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Talking about his overall career, The Brit has an overall 4-10 record. He has a flat 2-2 record on grass.
Previously in the Nottingham 3 Challenger
Thomson has never competed in this tournament before.
James Story
27 - 18win/loss
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LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-22 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 11-7 | 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. 562, the Brit will start his run in the Nottingham 3 Challenger after he played his last match in M25+H Ajaccio where he lost 6-2 7-5 to Chidekh in the 2nd round on the 3rd of July.
Story has an overall 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Story’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
In terms of his career, Story has an overall 78-45 record. He has a negative 4-5 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Nottingham 3 Challenger
- Patrick BradyBrady – Andrin CasanovaCasanova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Amit ValesVales (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lui MaxtedMaxted – Finn BassBass (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Dylan DietrichDietrich (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Tom HandsHands – Alexis CanterCanter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Axel NefveNefve – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Dylan DietrichDietrich (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Amit ValesVales (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lui MaxtedMaxted – Finn BassBass (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick BradyBrady – Andrin CasanovaCasanova (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Axel NefveNefve – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tom HandsHands – Alexis CanterCanter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Matteo MartineauMartineau (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Ben JonesJones (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur ReymondReymond – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Charles BroomBroom – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Axel NefveNefve – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taha BaadiBaadi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Connor ThomsonThomson – James StoryStory (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hamish StewartStewart – Matthew SummersSummers (0-0) – H2H and prediction
