Laurent Lokoli and Mark Lajal will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Vilnus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 17. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Laurent Lokoli who should win in 2 sets.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.42
Mark Lajal -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Laurent Lokoli and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, Laurent got to the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1 6-4
.In the 1st round, Laurent had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-1 6-4). During the match, Lokoli scored 57 points vs Ramanathan’s 32. Lokoli was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lokoli blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Laurent Lokoli was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lokoli broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Lokoli has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (345-189). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lokoli has a compiled 48-39 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir,M15 Monastir,M25 Vale do Lobo,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 La Nucia and M25 Skopje.
Lokoli has an aggregate 58-20 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnus Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 475 (career-high), the Estonian reached the 2nd round after beating Bogdan Bobrov 6-3 7-5, Calvin Hemery 6-3 6-4 and Terence Atmane 7-66 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Atmane (7-66 6-1). During the match Lajal scored 74 points vs Atmane’s 51. Lajal was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mark Lajal was quite effective on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lajal broke Atmane 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Estonian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Monastir and Bigorre.
The Estonian has a composed 39-18 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lokoli | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 60 |
| Pts | 57-32 | 206-153 |
| Total Points | 89 | 359 |
| Winners | 23 | 86 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Lokoli played 1 match while Lajal competed in 3 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Lokoli had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Lokoli has played 4 set(s) less than Lajal (2 vs 6). Therefore, Lokoli played 43 games less than Lajal. Laurent scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian blasted 86 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lokoli | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 103/167 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 86/103 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 41/64 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 64% |
Lokoli fired 4 aces . Lajal recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Lokoli won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lokoli | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 75% | 53% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Laurent broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Lokoli pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Estonian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lokoli | |||
| R1 Ramanathan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-32 | 57-32 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lajal | |||||
| Q1 Bobrov | Q3 Hemery | R1 Atmane | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 67-52 | 74-51 | 206-153 | |
| Total points | 115 | 119 | 125 | 359 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 28 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 34/57 | 31/53 | 103/167 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 27/34 | 28/31 | 86/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 90% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 15/23 | 15/22 | 41/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 68% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 43% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | – | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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