Mark Lajal and Alexander Cozbinov will play each other in the qualifications of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 6. 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.
Mark Lajal -> 1.32
Alexander Cozbinov -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Alexander Cozbinov
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Alexander Cozbinov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-10 | 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. 233, Lajal reached the qualifications after beating Louis Tessa 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mark had a good straight sets win against Tessa (6-1 7-5). During the match, Lajal scored 75 points vs Tessa’s 56. Mark was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Tessa 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (87-51). 22-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajal has an aggregate62-28 record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
Lajal has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2023, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Cozbinov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 31-15 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-27 | 15-12 | 6-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-9 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 427, the Moldovan got to the qualifications after beating Enzo Wallart 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Cozbinov had a good straight sets win against Wallart (6-4 6-4). During the match Cozbinov scored 63 points vs Wallart’s 51. Cozbinov was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Cozbinov fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Cozbinov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cozbinov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Wallart 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Cozbinov has a compiled 32-23 win-loss record in 2023, 31-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Cozbinov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 75-56 | 63-51 |
| Total Points | 131 | 114 |
| Winners | 33 | 31 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Both Lajal and Cozbinov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Cozbinov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 1 game less than Cozbinov. Mark scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Cozbinov managed to score 31 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Cozbinov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 37/53 |
| %1st in | 66% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 31/37 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Lajal scored 6 aces . Cozbinov made 4 aces . Lajal won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Cozbinov won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Cozbinov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 1 |
| Saved | 10 | 0 |
| % Saved | 77% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Estonian broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Mark surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Cozbinov broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cozbinov conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Tessa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-56 | 75-56 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 51/77 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cozbinov | |||
| Q1 Wallart | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 63-51 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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