Hugo Grenier and Alastair Gray will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on HILTON COURT. 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 Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.49
Alastair Gray -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Alastair Gray

This will be the 2^nd time that Hugo Grenier and Alastair Gray clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Grenier won 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2022.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 188, the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Hernandez (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Grenier scored 81 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 66. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Grenier scored 17 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Grenier broke Alejandro Hernandez 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Grenier has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (366-279). 18-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Grenier has an overall 202-105 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Hugo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger and the Porto Challenger.

Hugo has a composed 26-26 win-loss record in 2025, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Alastair Gray

Ranked no. 335, Alastair got to the 2^nd round after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Gray defeated Huesler (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match Gray scored less points (4) than Huesler. In fact, the world no. 188 won 75 points vs Huesler’s. That means that Gray was more focused during the important points. Gray was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Gray scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alastair Gray lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gray put 57% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (14/37) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Huesler 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Brit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal,M25 Glasgow and M15 Dublin.

Alastair has an aggregate 30-14 win-loss record in 2025, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Gray
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	27
Pts	81-66	75-79
Total Points	147	154
Winners	35	39
%Winners	43%	52%

Both Grenier and Gray played 1 match. At the moment, Alastair Gray lost 1 set while Hugo Grenier hasn’t conceded a set so far. Grenier has played 1 set(s) less than Gray (2 vs 3). Therefore, Grenier played 5 games less than Gray. Grenier scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alastair struck 39 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Gray
Aces	17	4
Avg per match	17	4
1st in	45/72	50/87
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	35/45	39/50
%1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/27	14/37
%2nd pts	48%	38%

Grenier made 17 aces . Gray struck 4 aces . Grenier won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Gray
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/4
% Converted	43%	75%
Conceded	5	6
Saved	4	3
% Saved	80%	50%
Times Broken	1	3

The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gray broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Grenier
	R1 Alejandro	Total
Score	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	81-66	81-66
Total points	147	147
Winners	35	35
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	17	17
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	45/72	45/72
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	35/45	35/45
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/27	13/27
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Gray
	R1 Huesler	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	75-79	75-79
Total points	154	154
Winners	39	39
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	50/87	50/87
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	39/50	39/50
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	14/37	14/37
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

• Milos KarolKarol – Lukas KleinKlein (6-7⁶ 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Marek GengelGengel (7-6⁸ 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

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