Thiago Agustin Tirante and Mark Lajal will play each other in the semifinal of the Morelos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. 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 Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Agustin Tirante is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.82
Mark Lajal -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 26-25 | 1-3 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 43-31 | 13-10 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 28-31 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 35-23 | 8-4 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 35-17 | 17-5 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, the Argentine reached the semifinal after defeating Skander Mansouri 6-0 6-3, Evan Zhu 6-2 7-63 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Agustin Tirante had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-3 6-2). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 65 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 46. Thiago was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Agustin Tirante made 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Agustin Tirante put 70% of his first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pablo Ficovich 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thiago hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Agustin Tirante has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (150-107). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Agustin Tirante has a compiled39-20 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
Thiago has an aggregate 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
Agustin Tirante has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-25 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 7-5 | 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), the Estonian reached the semifinal after beating Luca Lemaitre 6-1 6-2, Jose Statham 7-5 7-65, Alexis Galarneau 7-61 7-65, Denis Yevseyev 7-5 6-1 and Terence Atmane 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-3 7-5). During the match Lajal scored 68 points vs Atmane’s 55. Lajal was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mark Lajal was very efficient on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mark broke Atmane twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lajal 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 55% of the points he played.
Lajal has an overall 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Agustin Tirante | Lajal |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 5 |
Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
Tot Games | 53 | 106 |
Pts | 201-144 | 375-311 |
Total Points | 345 | 686 |
Winners | 89 | 168 |
%Winners | 44% | 45% |
Agustin Tirante played 3 matches while Lajal competed in 5 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Agustin Tirante had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Agustin Tirante has played 4 set(s) less than Lajal (6 vs 10). Therefore, Agustin Tirante played 53 games less than Lajal. Thiago scored 89 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian struck 168 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Agustin Tirante | Lajal |
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Aces | 9 | 17 |
Avg per match | 3 | 3.4 |
1st in | 111/181 | 218/335 |
%1st in | 61% | 65% |
1st pts | 89/111 | 168/218 |
%1st pts | 80% | 77% |
2nd pts | 38/70 | 64/117 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Agustin Tirante struck 9 aces (3 per match). Lajal struck 17 aces (3.4 per match). Agustin Tirante won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Agustin Tirante | Lajal |
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Won | 10 | 14 |
Converted | 10/17 | 14/42 |
% Converted | 59% | 33% |
Conceded | 4 | 17 |
Saved | 3 | 13 |
% Saved | 75% | 76% |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Agustin Tirante dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponents 14 times with a 33% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
Agustin Tirante | |||||
R1 Mansouri |
R2 Zhu |
1/4 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 17 | 53 | |
pts | 59-36 | 77-62 | 65-46 | 201-144 | |
Total points | 95 | 139 | 111 | 345 | |
Winners | 19 | 33 | 37 | 89 | |
%Winners | 32% | 43% | 57% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
1st in | 23/46 | 42/69 | 46/66 | 111/181 | |
% 1st in | 50% | 61% | 70% | 61% | |
1st pts | 19/23 | 33/42 | 37/46 | 89/111 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/27 | 8/20 | 38/70 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 40% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 10/17 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | 100% | 59% | |
Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | |
Saved % | – | 50% | 100% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lajal | |||||||
Q1 Lemaitre |
Q3 Statham |
R1 Galarneau |
R2 Yevseyev |
1/4 Atmane |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 7-65 | 7-61 7-65 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 106 | |
pts | 57-34 | 89-81 | 89-84 | 72-57 | 68-55 | 375-311 | |
Total points | 91 | 170 | 173 | 129 | 123 | 686 | |
Winners | 23 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 39 | 168 | |
%Winners | 40% | 42% | 46% | 39% | 57% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |
1st in | 26/43 | 44/73 | 58/84 | 37/65 | 53/70 | 218/335 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | 69% | 57% | 76% | 65% | |
1st pts | 23/26 | 37/44 | 41/58 | 28/37 | 39/53 | 168/218 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 84% | 71% | 76% | 74% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 10/17 | 17/29 | 12/26 | 12/28 | 13/17 | 64/117 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 46% | 43% | 76% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 1/14 | 2/5 | 5/12 | 2/3 | 14/42 | |
Converted % | 50% | 7% | 40% | 42% | 67% | 33% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 13 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 71% | 71% | 100% | 147% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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