Titouan Droguet and Mark Lajal will play each other in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 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 Titouan Droguet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Titouan Droguet is the pick to win this match.
Titouan Droguet -> 1.727
Mark Lajal -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Titouan Droguet vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Titouan Droguet and Mark Lajal play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Droguet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Droguet won 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in the Cassis Challenger back in September 2026.
Titouan Droguet
46 - 21win/loss
72
72
WWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49-21 | 17-5 | 15-9 | 14-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-25 | 7-7 | 22-9 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-27 | 6-5 | 18-8 | 9-12 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 4-1 | 27-16 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-24 | 14-6 | 41-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84 (career-high), Titouan reached the quarter after defeating Karl Poling 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(4) and Borna Gojo 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Gojo, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Droguet scored 88 points vs Gojo’s 87. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Droguet blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Titouan Droguet was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Droguet broke Gojo twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Droguet has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
ATP St. Tropez Challenger - Titouan Droguet's projected path
Droguet has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (308-163). 14-5 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Droguet has an aggregate64-30 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cassis Challenger where he beat Mark Lajal in the final 6-4 7-6(3).
Droguet has a compiled 46-21 win-loss record in 2026, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
Mark Lajal
38 - 23win/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. 143, Lajal reached the quarter after beating David Goffin 6-3 6-4 and Thomas Faurel 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Faurel (6-1 6-2). During the match Lajal scored 58 points vs Faurel’s 41. The Estonian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 62% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Faurel 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP St. Tropez Challenger - Mark Lajal's projected path
Mark’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lincoln Challenger,the Vancouver Challenger and the Cassis Challenger.
Lajal has an overall 38-23 win-loss record in 2026, 29-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Droguet | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 34 |
| Pts | 205-196 | 130-106 |
| Total Points | 401 | 236 |
| Winners | 113 | 61 |
| %Winners | 55% | 47% |
Both Droguet and Lajal played 2 matches. At the moment, Titouan Droguet dropped 2 sets while Mark Lajal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Droguet has played 2 sets more than Lajal (6 vs 4). Therefore, Droguet played 30 games more than Lajal. Droguet scored 113 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian blasted 61 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Droguet | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 5 |
| 1st in | 145/209 | 86/136 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 113/145 | 61/86 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 28/64 | 25/50 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Droguet scored 24 aces (12 per match). Lajal bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Droguet won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 71% 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 | Droguet | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 64% |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Droguet dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Estonian broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Droguet | ||||
| R1 Poling |
R2 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 7-64 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 28 | 64 | |
| pts | 117-109 | 88-87 | 205-196 | |
| Total points | 226 | 175 | 401 | |
| Winners | 71 | 42 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 48% | 55% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 10 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 89/126 | 56/83 | 145/209 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 71/89 | 42/56 | 113/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/37 | 16/27 | 28/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 59% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/9 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 22% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 75% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Goffin |
R2 Faurel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 72-65 | 58-41 | 130-106 | |
| Total points | 137 | 99 | 236 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 37/60 | 86/136 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 28/37 | 61/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 11/23 | 25/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 100% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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