Mark Lajal and Illya Marchenko will play each other in the qualifications of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.82
Mark Lajal -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 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. 392 (career-high), Lajal reached the qualifications after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mark had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-2 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 65 points vs Kachmazov’s 45. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 76% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Kachmazov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (54-32). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a composed12-8 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
The Estonian has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 414, Illya got to the qualifications after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-4 7-62.
In the qualifications, Illya had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-4 7-62). During the match Marchenko scored 82 points vs Vatutin’s 75. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Marchenko scored 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Illya Marchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Marchenko put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Marchenko broke Vatutin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Illya has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 |
| Pts | 65-45 | 82-75 |
| Total Points | 110 | 157 |
| Winners | 34 | 34 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Both Lajal and Marchenko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 5 games less than Marchenko. Mark scored 34 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko fired 34 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/59 | 45/79 |
| %1st in | 76% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 50% |
Lajal bagged 4 aces . Marchenko scored 6 aces . Lajal won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 76% of the points on 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 | Lajal | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 80% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Mark broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Estonian lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 65-45 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| Q1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/79 | 45/79 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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