Mark Lajal and Bernard Tomic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on GROSSMAN-KENNEDY STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.64
Bernard Tomic -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Bernard Tomic
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Bernard Tomic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 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. 234, Lajal got to the 2nd round after beating Alfredo Perez 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-1 6-3). During the match, Lajal scored 66 points vs Perez’s 47. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Perez 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (90-53). 25-14 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an aggregate65-30 record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Little Rock Challenger where he overcame Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
Lajal has a compiled 39-22 win-loss record in 2023, 25-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-15 | 22-12 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Bernard got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Kudla 6-1 4-6 7-612.
In the 1st round, Tomic defeated Kudla (6-1 4-6 7-612). During the match Tomic scored 114 points vs Kudla’s 100. Bernard was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Tomic recorded 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Bernard Tomic was quite effective on serve to win 72% (46/64) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Kudla 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Doha.
Tomic has a compiled 33-21 win-loss record in 2023, 27-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 66-47 | 114-100 |
| Total Points | 113 | 214 |
| Winners | 26 | 46 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Lajal and Tomic played 1 match. At the moment, Bernard Tomic lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Tomic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lajal played 14 games less than Tomic. Lajal scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 46 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 15 |
| 1st in | 37/53 | 64/102 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 46/64 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 53% |
Lajal fired 2 aces . Tomic blasted 15 aces . Lajal won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Lajal broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Estonian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Perez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tomic | |||
| R1 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 7-612 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 114-100 | 114-100 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/102 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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