Alastair Gray (born 22 June 1998) is a British tennis player who competes on the ITF Men's Circuit. Gray has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 237 achieved on 19 September 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 20 June 2022.
Gray played college tennis at Texas Christian University.
Career Gray made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Hall of Fame Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles tournament. He also received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships men’s doubles alongside Aidan McHugh, where he recorded his first doubles win at a Major against the Czech pair of Jiří Veselý and Roman Jebavý.
Gray made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a wildcard where he won his first singles match against Tseng Chun-hsin, before losing to 11th seed Taylor Fritz in the second round.
Early life Gray attended Parkside School, Cobham, his time there overlapping with fellow British tennis player Jack Draper.
Playing style Gray plays right-handed with a one-handed backhand. He prefers hard and grass court surfaces. The standout feature of his game is a highly effective first serve, the sound of which has been compared to a gunshot.
ITF World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 20 (14–6) LegendITF World Tennis Tour (14–6)Finals by surfaceHard (12–5)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M25 Johannesburg, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Jeremy Beale7–6(7–4), 6–4Win2–0M25 Johannesburg, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Michail Pervolarakis4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss2–1M15, Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Francesco Maestrelli0–6, 6–3, 5–7Win3–1M25 Shrewsbury, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Harry Wendelken7–5, 6–1Win4–1M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Henri Squire6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4)Loss4–2M25 Trimbach, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourCarpet (i) Leandro Riedi2–6, 2–6Win5–2M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Daniel Cox3–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss5–3M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Kacper Żuk4–6, 4–6Loss5–4M25 Trento, ItalyWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Jérôme Kym6–7(7–9), 2–6Loss5–5M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Arthur Géa6–7(2–7), 3–6Win6–5M15 Madrid, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Hazem Naw6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–26–5M15 Zahra, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Emilien Demanetnot playedLoss6–6M25 Idanha-a-Nova, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Adolfo Daniel Vallejo2–6, 3–6Win7–6M25 Indore, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Samir Banerjee6–3, 1–1 ret.Win8–6M25 Bhopal, IndiaWorld Tennis TourHard Maxim Zhukov6–3, 6–4Win9–6M25 Glasgow, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Millen Hurrion6–4, 6–3Win10–6M15 Dublin, IrelandWorld Tennis TourCarpet (i) Michael Agwi2–6, 6–4, 7–5Win11–6M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Georgii Kravchenko6–3, 7–5Win12–6M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Georgii Kravchenko6–1, 7–5Win13–6M25 Ma'anshan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Lee Kuan-yi6–2, 6–3Win14–6M25 Luzhou, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Cui Jie6–1, 6–4
Doubles: 7 (5–2) LegendITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F5, SheffieldFuturesHard Ewan Moore Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara4–6, 4–6Win1–1M25 Roehampton, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Ewan Moore Scott Clayton Luke Johnson6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win2–1M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Ryan Storrie Clément Chidekh Luca Sanchez3–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win3–1M25 Johannesburg, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Daniel Cukierman Mateus Alves Igor Marcondes7–6(7–5), 6–3Win4–1M25 Bath, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Charles Broom Guy den Ouden Luke Johnson6–2, 6–2Win5–1M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Stuart Parker Charles Broom Luke Johnson7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]Loss5–2M25 Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Kyrian Jacquet Bu Yunchaokete Ray Ho2–6, 4–6Loss5–3M25 Indore, India World Tennis TourHard Mathys Erhard Parikshit Somani Dhakshineswar Suresh WalkoverLoss5–4M15 Dublin, Ireland World Tennis TourCarpet Hamish Stewart Finn Bass Ben Jones 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
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