Jacob Fearnley and Mark Lajal will square off in the 1st round of the Newport Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Jacob Fearnley who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jacob Fearnley is the pick to win this match.
Jacob Fearnley -> 1.55
Mark Lajal -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Jacob Fearnley vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Jacob Fearnley and Mark Lajal play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fearnley (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Fearnley won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in the Nottingham 2 Challenger back in 2024.
Jacob Fearnley
13 - 17win/loss
96
49
LWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-24 | 16-15 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-27 | 11-10 | 10-6 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-9 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 26-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 16-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 159, Fearnley will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 7-6(3) 6-4 to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 2nd of July.
Fearnley has an overall 13-17 win-loss record in 2026, 6-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Fearnley’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Ilkley Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Fearnley has an overall 119-63 record. He has a positive 19-13 record on grass.
Previously in the Newport Challenger
Jacob has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
15 - 15win/loss
149
140
LLWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-25 | 29-13 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 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. 164, Mark will start his run in the Newport Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Pavlovic in the qualifications on the 22nd of June.
Mark has a compiled 15-15 win-loss record in 2026, 5-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Estonian has an overall 196-130 record. He has a positive 15-11 record on grass.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Newport Challenger
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Alex RybakovRybakov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Tyler ZinkZink – Ozan BarisBaris (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Alex RybakovRybakov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tyler ZinkZink – Ozan BarisBaris (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-6(6) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Remy BertolaBertola (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Adam WaltonWalton (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
