Alexandre Muller and Mark Lajal will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Mark Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.87
Alexandre Muller -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Eero Vasa 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Vasa (6-4 6-3). During the match, Muller scored 69 points vs Vasa’s 51. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 58% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Alexandre broke Vasa 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Muller has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (362-238). 6-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has a composed39-38 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Montechiarugolo Challenger where he defeated Francesco Maestrelli in the final 6-1 6-4.
The French player has an aggregate 45-32 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
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. 199 (career-high), the Estonian reached the 2nd round after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-1 6-3). During the match Lajal scored 55 points vs Maestrelli’s 36. Mark was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mark Lajal conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 52% of his first serves in, winning 88% (23/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Maestrelli 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
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.
Lajal has an overall 46-28 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 69-51 | 55-36 |
| Total Points | 120 | 91 |
| Winners | 25 | 23 |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% |
Both Muller and Lajal played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muller and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Muller played 3 games more than Lajal. Alexandre scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mark made 23 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 26/50 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 23/26 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Muller managed to score 2 aces . Lajal fired 4 aces . Muller won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 88% of the points on 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 | Muller | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Muller dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Mark was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Vasa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-36 | 55-36 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Sumit NagalNagal – Dennis NovakNovak (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-0 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Patrick KaukovaltaKaukovalta (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Leandro RiediRiedi (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Eero VasaVasa (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
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