Terence Atmane and Mark Lajal will clash against each other in the quarter of the Morelos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.68
Terence Atmane -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Terence Atmane vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Terence Atmane and Mark Lajal fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Lajal won 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Vilnus Challenger back in 2022.
Terence Atmane
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-19 | 12-8 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-27 | 26-10 | 26-15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 78-30 | 71-23 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-22 | 23-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256 (career-high), Atmane got to the quarter after defeating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 5-7 6-4 7-5 and Jay Clarke 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Atmane had a good straight sets win against Clarke (7-64 6-4). During the match, Atmane scored 65 points vs Clarke’s 63. Atmane was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Atmane fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Terence Atmane was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Terence was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Clarke once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Atmane has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Atmane has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (129-72). 3-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Atmane has a composed106-54 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Anapoima.
Terence has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
Terence 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 got to the quarter after defeating Luca Lemaitre 6-1 6-2, Jose Statham 7-5 7-65, Alexis Galarneau 7-61 7-65 and Denis Yevseyev 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (7-5 6-1). During the match Lajal scored 72 points vs Yevseyev’s 57. The Estonian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal fired 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 57% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Lajal has an overall 17-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Atmane | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 85 |
| Pts | 165-159 | 307-256 |
| Total Points | 324 | 563 |
| Winners | 68 | 129 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Atmane played 2 matches while Lajal competed in 4 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Atmane had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Terence Atmane lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t lost a set so far. Atmane has played 3 set(s) less than Lajal (5 vs 8). Therefore, Atmane played 28 games less than Lajal. Terence scored 68 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian recorded 129 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Atmane | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 102/163 | 165/265 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 68/102 | 129/165 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 34/61 | 51/100 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Atmane blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Lajal made 16 aces (4 per match). Atmane won 67% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Atmane | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 12/39 |
| % Converted | 57% | 31% |
| Conceded | 14 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 57% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Terence broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Atmane lost his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 12 times with a 31% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Atmane | ||||
| R1 Daniel |
R2 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 7-5 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| pts | 100-96 | 65-63 | 165-159 | |
| Total points | 196 | 128 | 324 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 54% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/92 | 47/71 | 102/163 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 35/47 | 68/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 74% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 15/24 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 1/1 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Lajal | ||||||
| Q1 Lemaitre |
Q3 Statham |
R1 Galarneau |
R2 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 7-65 | 7-61 7-65 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 85 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 89-81 | 89-84 | 72-57 | 307-256 | |
| Total points | 91 | 170 | 173 | 129 | 563 | |
| Winners | 23 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 46% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 44/73 | 58/84 | 37/65 | 165/265 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 69% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 37/44 | 41/58 | 28/37 | 129/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 84% | 71% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 17/29 | 12/26 | 12/28 | 51/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 46% | 43% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/14 | 2/5 | 5/12 | 12/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 7% | 40% | 42% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 71% | 71% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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