Adam Walton and Mark Lajal will face off in the qualifications of the Leon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND MIFEL. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.36
Adam Walton -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Adam Walton vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Adam Walton and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-20 | 36-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, Adam reached the qualifications after defeating Luciano Alcocer 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Alcocer (6-3 6-3). During the match, Walton scored 59 points vs Alcocer’s 41. Walton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Walton managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Adam Walton was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Walton broke Alcocer 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Walton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (65-31). 13-9 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walton has a compiled63-25 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Adam has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Leon Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
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 reached the qualifications after beating Naoki Nakagawa 7-66 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (7-66 6-2). During the match Lajal scored 84 points vs Nakagawa’s 73. Mark was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Nakagawa 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Lajal has an overall 13-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walton | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-41 | 84-73 |
| Total Points | 100 | 157 |
| Winners | 24 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Walton and Lajal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walton and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walton played 3 games less than Lajal. Adam scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian struck 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walton | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 52/76 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 39/52 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 42% |
Walton made 5 aces . Lajal scored 8 aces . Walton won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walton | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Walton broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Walton dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Estonian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walton | |||
| Q1 Alcocer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-41 | 59-41 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 84-73 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/76 | 52/76 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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