H2H, prediction of Mark Lajal vs Thomas Faurel in St. Tropez Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 23rd September 2026

PREVIEW. St. Tropez Challenger. Lajal and Faurel will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Tropez Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 23rd of September

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Thomas Faurel

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

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

37 - 23win/loss

Hard
28-12
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 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
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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.

Lajal
St. Tropez Challenger
Lajal's Record

Thomas Faurel

Thomas Faurel
Thomas Faurel

30 - 26win/loss

Hard
13-4
I Hard
4-3
Clay
13-19
Rank
340
High
307
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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
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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.

Faurel
St. Tropez Challenger
Faurel's Record
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Lajal
T.Faurel
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
1h:36
1h:36
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
20
20
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
72
72
Total points​
67
67
72
72
Avg point​
67
67
33
33
Winners
17
17
33
33
Avg Winners​
17
17
46%
46%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
5
5
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
33/49
33/49
1st won total​
17/26
17/26
67%
67%
1st won %
65%
65%
14/27
14/27
2nd won total​
15/25
15/25
52%
52%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
5/15
5/15
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
5/15
5/15
43%
43%
Won
33%
33%
9
9
Conceded
3
3
9
9
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
8
8
Saved
0
0
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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

Mark Lajal
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 3Minor
Thomas Faurel
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Mark
Lajal

0:0

Thomas
Faurel

Rank

143

High

140

1h:33Played
Rank

340

High

307

1h:36Played
Win Loss
Lajal
WWWWWWWWWW
Faurel
WWWWWWWWWW
2026 2025 2024
37 - 23
30 - 26
28-12
Hard
13-4
4-4
I Hard
4-3
0-1
Clay
13-19
5-6
Grass
0-0

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