Aziz Dougaz and Mark Lajal will square off in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 13. 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 -> 1.58
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Aziz Dougaz vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Aziz Dougaz and Mark Lajal square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Lajal won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Monastir back in 2022.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-27 | 15-11 | 25-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-16 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220 (career-high), the Tunisian got to the quarter after defeating Skander Mansouri 7-5 6-3 and Evan Zhu 3-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Zhu, Aziz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Dougaz scored 74 points vs Zhu’s 64. Dougaz was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dougaz recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aziz Dougaz was very efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dougaz broke Zhu 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aziz has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Dougaz has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (273-173). 13-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Dougaz has an overall178-97 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Tunisian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Monastir and the Leon Challenger.
Aziz has a composed 19-16 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Dougaz has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-27 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 13-7 | 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. 311, Mark reached the quarter after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-2 7-63 and Tung-Lin Wu 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Wu (7-5 6-3). During the match Lajal scored 74 points vs Wu’s 61. The Estonian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Wu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lajal’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Morelos Challenger and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Mark has an overall 25-11 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dougaz | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 42 |
| Pts | 152-131 | 149-125 |
| Total Points | 283 | 274 |
| Winners | 61 | 66 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Dougaz and Lajal played 2 matches. At the moment, Aziz Dougaz conceded 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dougaz has played 1 set more than Lajal (5 vs 4). Therefore, Dougaz played 4 games more than Lajal. Dougaz scored 61 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mark bagged 66 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dougaz | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 73/127 | 93/144 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 61/73 | 66/93 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 24/54 | 25/51 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 49% |
Dougaz struck 10 aces (5 per match). Lajal scored 10 aces (5 per match). Dougaz won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dougaz | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Dougaz broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dougaz surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dougaz | ||||
| R1 Mansouri |
R2 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 | 46 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 74-64 | 152-131 | |
| Total points | 145 | 138 | 283 | |
| Winners | 28 | 33 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 43/68 | 73/127 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 33/43 | 61/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 77% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 13/25 | 24/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 52% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Krueger |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 74-61 | 149-125 | |
| Total points | 139 | 135 | 274 | |
| Winners | 32 | 34 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 49/76 | 93/144 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 34/49 | 66/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 12/27 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/9 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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