Lucas Gerch and Mark Lajal will face off in the 1st round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Gerch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lucas Gerch is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Gerch -> 1.83
Mark Lajal -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Gerch vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Lucas Gerch and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 0-2 | 24-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-18 | 14-9 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284, Lucas will start his run in the Oeiras 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Medjedovic in the 1st round on the 2nd of January.
The German has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Lucas has an overall 199-127 record. He has a positive 21-13 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
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 got to the 1st round after beating Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-4 and Illya Marchenko 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-2 7-5). During the match Lajal scored 69 points vs Marchenko’s 45. Lajal was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mark Lajal was very effective on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian broke Marchenko 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Lajal has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Jay ClarkeClarke – Jaime FariaFaria (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Matteo GiganteGigante (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Mate ValkuszValkusz (7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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