Mark Lajal and Arthur Fery will face off in the 2nd round of the Mallorca Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on PISTA 4. 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 Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.81
Arthur Fery -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Arthur Fery
This will be the 2nd time that Mark Lajal and Arthur Fery fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fery (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Fery won 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Sheffield back in 2022.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 25-16 | 5-2 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 35-12 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, Lajal reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-64 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Lajal defeated Janvier (7-64 2-6 6-4).During the match, Lajal scored less points (2) than Janvier. In fact, the world no. 246 won 94 points vs Janvier’s. That means that Lajal was more focused during the important points. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 70% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Janvier 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (85-48). 20-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajal has a composed60-26 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Little Rock Challenger where he defeated Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
Mark has an overall 34-17 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Fery
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-14 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-15 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 7-6 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, Fery got to the 2nd round after beating Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-4 6-3). During the match Fery scored 66 points vs Ymer’s 55. Fery was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Fery recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Fery conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Fery put 71% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Ymer twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Arthur’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Malibu and M25 Aldershot.
Arthur has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2023, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 |
| Pts | 94-96 | 66-55 |
| Total Points | 190 | 121 |
| Winners | 41 | 38 |
| %Winners | 44% | 58% |
Both Lajal and Fery played 1 match. At the moment, Mark Lajal conceded 1 set while Arthur Fery hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set more than Fery (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lajal played 12 games more than Fery. Lajal scored 41 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur managed to score 38 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 49/69 |
| %1st in | 70% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 45% |
Lajal made 5 aces . Fery blasted 5 aces . Lajal won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Fery won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 31% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 38% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Lajal broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Mark dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Fery broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Fery was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 94-96 | 94-96 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/90 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Fery | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera (6-2 7-68) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-64 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (3-6 6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alexander RitschardRitschard (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Cukierman/Joshua ParisCukierman/Joshua Paris – Daniel Rincon/Abedallah ShelbayhRincon/Abedallah Shelbayh (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Johannus MondayMonday (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Theo Arribage/Luca SanchezArribage/Luca Sanchez – Nick Hardt/Adam TaylorHardt/Adam Taylor (6-3 6-75 10-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joao SousaSousa – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – Nick HardtHardt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
