Mark Lajal and Mathias Bourgue will face off in the 2^nd round of the Ortisei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 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 -> 1.66
Mathias Bourgue -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Mathias Bourgue

There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Mathias Bourgue since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 219 (career-high), the Estonian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kacper Zuk 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Zuk (6-3 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 67 points vs Zuk’s 57. Lajal was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 75% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Zuk 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Lajal has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 62% of his matches (92-56). 11-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajal has an overall20-14 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Beibit Zhukayev in the final 6-4 7-5.

The Estonian has a composed 41-25 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ortisei Challenger

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mathias Bourgue

Ranked no. 255, Mathias got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-3 6-7⁶ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mathias defeated Sousa (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-4). During the match Bourgue scored 104 points vs Sousa’s 95. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Bourgue blasted 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Mathias Bourgue lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bourgue put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (50/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Mathias broke Sousa 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Mathias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.

The French player has a compiled 41-25 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Bourgue
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	32
Pts	67-57	104-95
Total Points	124	199
Winners	32	50
%Winners	48%	48%

Both Lajal and Bourgue played 1 match. At the moment, Mathias Bourgue lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Bourgue (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lajal played 13 games less than Bourgue. Mark scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The French player blasted 50 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Bourgue
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	7	13
1st in	43/57	68/110
%1st in	75%	62%
1st pts	32/43	50/68
%1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	7/14	20/42
%2nd pts	50%	48%

Lajal blasted 7 aces . Bourgue managed to score 13 aces . Lajal won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bourgue won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Bourgue
Won	3	4
Converted	3/8	4/10
% Converted	38%	40%
Conceded	2	7
Saved	1	5
% Saved	50%	71%
Times Broken	1	2

Mark broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mathias broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Mathias conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Zuk	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-57	67-57
Total points	124	124
Winners	32	32
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	43/57	43/57
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	32/43	32/43
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	7/14	7/14
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Bourgue
	R1 Sousa	Total
Score	6-3 6-76 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	104-95	104-95
Total points	199	199
Winners	50	50
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	68/110	68/110
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	50/68	50/68
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	20/42	20/42
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Ortisei Challenger

• Mirza BasicBasic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine BellierBellier – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Mirza BasicBasic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

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