Mark Lajal and Alejo Sanchez Quilez will play each other in the quarter of the Manacor Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:45 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.34
Alejo Sanchez Quilez -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Alejo Sanchez Quilez
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Alejo Sanchez Quilez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
31 - 21win/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. 152, the Estonian reached the quarter after beating Motoharu Abe 6-3 6-2, Adrian Boitan 6-4 6-1, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 6-3 6-1 and Ivan Ivanov 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Estonian defeated Ivanov (6-3 6-7(4) 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 108 points vs Ivanov’s 87. Mark was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 8 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Ivanov 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
ATP Manacor Challenger - Mark Lajal's projected path
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (211-136). 21-10 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a composed124-66 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Lajal’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Lincoln Challenger and the Vancouver Challenger.
Mark has an overall 30-21 win-loss record in 2026, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manacor Challenger
Mark has never competed in this tournament before.
Alejo Sanchez Quilez
38 - 18win/loss
375
364
WWWWWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-24 | 22-10 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-23 | 8-9 | 23-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-30 | 18-10 | 17-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-11 | 5-2 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 395, Alejo reached the quarter after defeating Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-5 6-4 and Maks Kasnikowski 7-5 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (7-5 7-65). During the match Sanchez scored 86 points vs Kasnikowski’s 77. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejo Sanchez Quilez lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez broke Kasnikowski 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Manacor Challenger - Alejo Sanchez Quilez's projected path
Sanchez’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25+H Tauste.
Alejo has an overall 38-18 win-loss record in 2026, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 47 |
| Pts | 307-218 | 155-139 |
| Total Points | 525 | 294 |
| Winners | 121 | 71 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Lajal played 4 matches while Sanchez competed in 2 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Sanchez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mark Lajal surrendered 1 set while Alejo Sanchez Quilez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 5 sets more than Sanchez (9 vs 4). Therefore, Lajal played 35 games more than Sanchez. Mark scored 121 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alejo blasted 71 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 146/246 | 94/151 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 121/146 | 71/94 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 51/100 | 30/57 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Lajal made 17 aces (4.3 per match). Sanchez recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Lajal won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 6 |
| Converted | 17/44 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 39% | 40% |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Lajal broke his opponents 17 times with a 39% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alejo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | ||||||
| Q1 Abe |
Q3 Boitan |
R1 Budkov |
R2 Ivanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 82 | |
| pts | 76-54 | 62-41 | 61-36 | 108-87 | 307-218 | |
| Total points | 130 | 103 | 97 | 195 | 525 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 26 | 43 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 43% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 32/53 | 29/45 | 55/93 | 146/246 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 64% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/32 | 26/29 | 43/55 | 121/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 81% | 90% | 78% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 14/21 | 9/16 | 13/38 | 51/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 67% | 56% | 34% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/9 | 4/6 | 7/15 | 17/44 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 33% | 67% | 47% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 2/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 29% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Sanchez | ||||||
| R1 Meligeni Alves |
R2 Kasnikowski |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 7-65 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 47 | |||
| pts | 69-62 | 86-77 | 155-139 | |||
| Total points | 131 | 163 | 294 | |||
| Winners | 34 | 37 | 71 | |||
| %Winners | 49% | 43% | 46% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 1st in | 46/69 | 48/82 | 94/151 | |||
| % 1st in | 67% | 59% | 62% | |||
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 37/48 | 71/94 | |||
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 76% | |||
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 17/34 | 30/57 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 53% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/7 | 6/15 | |||
| Converted % | 38% | 43% | 40% | |||
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/7 | 6 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 30% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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