Gijs Brouwer and Mark Lajal will square off in the 2nd round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 Gijs Brouwer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.62
Mark Lajal -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Gijs Brouwer and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 6-6 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, Gijs got to the 2nd round after defeating Mathias Bourgue 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Brouwer had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-2 6-2). During the match, Brouwer scored 54 points vs Bourgue’s 34. Brouwer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brouwer blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Gijs broke Bourgue 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Brouwer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (275-182). 4-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Brouwer has an aggregate84-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Brouwer’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Houston.
Brouwer has a composed 18-25 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
The Dutch 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. 239, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after defeating Louis Tessa 6-1 7-5, Alexander Cozbinov 6-2 6-1 and Kyrian Jacquet 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-2 7-5). During the match Lajal scored 74 points vs Jacquet’s 49. The Estonian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Estonian broke Jacquet 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Little Rock Challenger where he overcame Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
The Estonian has an overall 38-20 win-loss record in 2023, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brouwer | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 54 |
| Pts | 54-34 | 202-137 |
| Total Points | 88 | 339 |
| Winners | 24 | 76 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Brouwer played 1 match while Lajal competed in 3 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Brouwer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Brouwer has played 4 set(s) less than Lajal (2 vs 6). Therefore, Brouwer played 38 games less than Lajal. The Dutch scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Lajal recorded 76 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brouwer | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 103/163 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 76/103 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Brouwer blasted 2 aces . Lajal blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Brouwer won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 74% of the points behind 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 | Brouwer | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 16/28 |
| % Converted | 71% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 75% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Dutch lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brouwer | |||
| R1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-34 | 54-34 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lajal | |||||
| Q1 Tessa |
Q3 Cozbinov |
R1 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 20 | 54 | |
| pts | 75-56 | 53-32 | 74-49 | 202-137 | |
| Total points | 131 | 85 | 123 | 339 | |
| Winners | 33 | 17 | 26 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 20/35 | 32/51 | 103/163 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 17/20 | 26/32 | 76/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 85% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/15 | 11/19 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 73% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/6 | 5/13 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 83% | 38% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 77% | – | 60% | 137% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Radu AlbotAlbot – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Dan AddedAdded (6-0 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Elias YmerYmer (2-6 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-72 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jules MarieMarie (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Arthur GeaGea (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
