Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Mark Lajal will play each other in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.74
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-14 | 13-2 | 10-5 | 7-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-27 | 21-12 | 9-9 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 31-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-22 | 5-6 | 15-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-4 and Adam Walton 7-63 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Walton (7-63 6-4). During the match, Mpetshi Perricard and Walton scored the same amount of points (61). However, the world no. 218 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Mpetshi Perricard was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mpetshi Perricard recorded 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Giovanni broke Walton once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giovanni hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Mpetshi Perricard has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 54% of his matches (87-74). 14-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mpetshi Perricard has a compiled19-11 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Leon Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 7-6(3).
The French player has an overall 26-16 win-loss record in 2023, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Giovanni has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 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. 244, Lajal got to the quarter after beating Omar Jasika 6-1 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Uchiyama, Mark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Lajal scored 94 points vs Uchiyama’s 78. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lajal broke Uchiyama 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
Lajal has an aggregate 31-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mpetshi Perricard | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 43 |
| Pts | 117-108 | 159-122 |
| Total Points | 225 | 281 |
| Winners | 54 | 57 |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% |
Both Mpetshi Perricard and Lajal played 2 matches. At the moment, Mark Lajal dropped 1 set while Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard hasn’t lost a set so far. Mpetshi Perricard has played 1 set(s) less than Lajal (4 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (43). The French player scored 54 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian made 57 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mpetshi Perricard | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 68/115 | 73/128 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 54/68 | 57/73 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/47 | 32/55 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Mpetshi Perricard fired 22 aces (11 per match). Lajal blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mpetshi Perricard won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mpetshi Perricard | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 36% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mpetshi Perricard | ||||
| R1 Sandgren |
R2 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 56-47 | 61-61 | 117-108 | |
| Total points | 103 | 122 | 225 | |
| Winners | 20 | 34 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 56% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 17 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 41/66 | 68/115 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 34/41 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 14/25 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 56% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 1/4 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 25% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Jasika |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 94-78 | 159-122 | |
| Total points | 109 | 172 | 281 | |
| Winners | 24 | 33 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 45/82 | 73/128 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 33/45 | 57/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 22/37 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/13 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 31% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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