H2H, prediction of Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs Mark Lajal in Bloomfield Hills Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 22nd July 2026

PREVIEW. Bloomfield Hills Challenger. Llamas Ruiz and Lajal will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 22nd of July

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Mark Lajal

Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Mark Lajal will face off in the 2nd round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.77
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.92

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Mark Lajal

This will be the 2nd time that Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Mark Lajal face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Llamas Ruiz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Llamas Ruiz won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Segovia Challenger back in 2023.

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Pablo Llamas Ruiz

32 - 15win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
2-1
Clay
22-7
Grass
2-2
Rank
140
High
116
LWLWWLWLLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 36-21 9-10 23-8 2-1 2-2 0-0
2025 29-21 5-5 23-13 1-2 0-1 0-0
2024 16-16 2-5 10-8 4-3 0-0 0-0
2023 46-21 12-6 33-12 0-2 1-1 0-0
2022 37-23 2-4 35-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 117, Llamas Ruiz reached the 2nd round after beating Bruno Kuzuhara 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kuzuhara (6-3 6-4). During the match, Llamas Ruiz scored 62 points vs Kuzuhara’s 52. Pablo was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Llamas Ruiz recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pablo Llamas Ruiz was very efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pablo broke Kuzuhara twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Llamas Ruiz has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (210-129). 6-4 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Llamas Ruiz has an aggregate31-30 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Alicante Challenger where he beat Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 6-4 6-2.

Llamas Ruiz has an overall 32-14 win-loss record in 2026, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Llamas Ruiz
Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Llamas Ruiz's Record

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

21 - 17win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
4-4
Clay
0-1
Grass
5-6
Rank
143
High
140
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 36-23 27-12 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
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Ranked no. 150, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after defeating Darwin Blanch 6-4 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Lajal defeated Blanch (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match Lajal scored 93 points vs Blanch’s 82. Lajal was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajal managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 69% of his first serves in, winning 88% (52/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Blanch twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Lajal’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lincoln Challenger.

Lajal has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2026, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.

Lajal
Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Lajal's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Llamas Ruiz
M.Lajal
1h:20
1h:20
Time on court​
1h:55
1h:55
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
62
62
Total points​
93
93
62
62
Avg point​
93
93
29
29
Winners
52
52
29
29
Avg Winners​
52
52
47%
47%
Ratio winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Avg Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
29/39
29/39
1st won total​
52/59
52/59
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
88%
88%
15/23
15/23
2nd won total​
13/26
13/26
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
2/6
2/6
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
0
0
Conceded
6
6
0
0
Avg Conceded
6
6
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Llamas Ruiz Lajal
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 32
Pts 62-52 93-82
Total Points 114 175
Winners 29 52
%Winners 47% 56%

Both Llamas Ruiz and Lajal played 1 match. At the moment, Mark Lajal surrendered 1 set while Pablo Llamas Ruiz hasn’t lost a set so far. Llamas Ruiz has played 1 set(s) less than Lajal (2 vs 3). Therefore, Llamas Ruiz played 13 games less than Lajal. Pablo scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Mark fired 52 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve Llamas Ruiz Lajal
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 5
1st in 39/62 59/85
%1st in 63% 69%
1st pts 29/39 52/59
%1st pts 74% 88%
2nd pts 15/23 13/26
%2nd pts 65% 50%

Llamas Ruiz recorded 2 aces . Lajal blasted 5 aces . Llamas Ruiz won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Llamas Ruiz Lajal
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
% Converted 33% 33%
Conceded 0 6
Saved 0 5
% Saved 0% 83%
Times Broken 0 1

The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Llamas Ruiz quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lajal broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Llamas Ruiz
R1
Kuzuhara 		Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 62-52 62-52
Total points 114 114
Winners 29 29
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 39/62 39/62
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 29/39 29/39
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 15/23 15/23
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Lajal
R1
Blanch		 Total
Score 6-4 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 93-82 93-82
Total points 175 175
Winners 52 52
%Winners 56% 56%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 59/85 59/85
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 52/59 52/59
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 13/26 13/26
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Pablo Llamas Ruiz
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 3Minor
Mark Lajal
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 3Minor

Pablo
Llamas Ruiz

1:1

Mark
Lajal

Rank

140

High

116

1Hard1

Rank

143

High

140

Win Loss
Llamas Ruiz
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Lajal
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2026 2025 2024
36 - 21
36 - 23
9-10
Hard
27-12
2-1
I Hard
4-4
23-8
Clay
0-1
2-2
Grass
5-6

Tennis Scores in Bloomfield Hills Challenger

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