Arthur Fils and Mark Lajal will square off in the 2nd round of the European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Arthur Fils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.31
Mark Lajal -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Fils will start his run in Antwerp after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-4 6-7(7) 6-4 to Paul in the 3rd round on the 9th of October.
Fils has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he defeated Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4) and in Lyon where he beat Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Fils has an overall 113-76 record. He has a positive 35-26 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Antwerp
Fils has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-25 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 7-5 | 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. 229, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (6-3 6-4). During the match Lajal scored 58 points vs Munar Clar’s 44. The Estonian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mark Lajal was very efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Munar Clar twice.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Little Rock Challenger where he defeated Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.
Mark has a composed 40-24 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
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