
Mark Lajal and Thomas Faurel will play each other in the 2nd round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.37
Thomas Faurel -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Thomas Faurel
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Thomas Faurel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mark Lajal

37 - 23win/loss
143
140
WLWWWWLWWW | 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. 143, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after beating David Goffin 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-3 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 72 points vs Goffin’s 65. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Goffin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (218-138). 28-12 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a compiled131-68 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Estonian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lincoln Challenger,the Vancouver Challenger and the Cassis Challenger.
Mark has an aggregate 37-23 win-loss record in 2026, 28-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
Thomas Faurel

30 - 26win/loss
340
307
WLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-26 | 13-4 | 13-19 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-29 | 11-4 | 39-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Faurel had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 6-4). During the match Faurel scored 67 points vs Grenier’s 56. Thomas was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Faurel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Thomas Faurel lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Faurel put 51% of his first serves in, winning 65% (17/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Grenier 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
The French player best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Monastir.
Thomas has an aggregate 30-26 win-loss record in 2026, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Thomas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 72-65 | 67-56 |
| Total Points | 137 | 123 |
| Winners | 33 | 17 |
| %Winners | 46% | 25% |
Both Lajal and Faurel played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Faurel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 1 game less than Faurel. Lajal scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Thomas fired 17 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 26/51 |
| %1st in | 64% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 17/26 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 15/25 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 60% |
Lajal managed to score 5 aces . Faurel recorded 1 ace . Lajal won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Faurel won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Faurel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 89% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Mark broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Faurel broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-65 | 72-65 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Faurel | |||
| R1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/51 | 26/51 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in St. Tropez Challenger
- Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Daniel JadeJade (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Remy BertolaBertola (7-6(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vadym UrsuUrsu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Karl PolingPoling (6-76 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nicolas MejiaMejia (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Karl PolingPoling (6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vadym UrsuUrsu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Thomas FaurelFaurel – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Daniel JadeJade (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nicolas MejiaMejia (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Remy BertolaBertola (7-6(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
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