Mark Lajal and Naoki Nakagawa will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Leon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
Mark Lajal -> 1.45
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Naoki Nakagawa
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Naoki Nakagawa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 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. 341 (career-high), Lajal will start his run in the Leon Challenger after he played his last match in the Lille Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Hoang in the qualifications on the 27th of March.
Mark has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Estonian has an overall 63-38 record. He has a positive 43-18 record on hard.
Previously in the Leon Challenger
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
Naoki Nakagawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 16-16 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-15 | 32-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 430, Nakagawa will start his run in the Leon Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Calabasas where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Saville in the quarter on the 24th of March.
The Japanese has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Naoki’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago.
In terms of his career, Naoki has an overall 268-173 record. He has a positive 145-95 record on hard.
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