Leandro Riedi and Mark Lajal will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Birmingham Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leandro Riedi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leandro Riedi is the pick to win this match.
Leandro Riedi -> 1.49
Mark Lajal -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Leandro Riedi vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Leandro Riedi and Mark Lajal fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Riedi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Riedi won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the Helsinki Challenger back in 2022.
Leandro Riedi
18 - 12win/loss
243
116
WLLWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-13 | 10-6 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-8 | 11-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-15 | 2-4 | 6-4 | 17-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-22 | 14-9 | 3-4 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-17 | 18-6 | 5-5 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 120, the Swiss will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 to Herbert in the qualifications on the 22nd of May.
Riedi has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Busan Challenger where he defeated Bu Yunchaokete in the final 3-6 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Leandro has an overall 162-98 record. He has a positive 13-7 record on grass.
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-23 | 28-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-25 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 15-8 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 157, the Estonian will start his run in the Birmingham Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Safiullin in the qualifications on the 19th of May.
Lajal has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Mark’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Estonian has an overall 191-125 record. He has a positive 10-6 record on grass.
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Birmingham Challenger
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-2 2-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Hamish StewartStewart (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- James WattWatt – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Filippo RomanoRomano – Ben JonesJones (7-5 7-69) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James WattWatt – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Hamish StewartStewart (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-2 2-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Filippo RomanoRomano – Ben JonesJones (7-5 7-6(9)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H and prediction
