Mark Lajal and Lucas Poullain will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on JEAN JAURES. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.571
Lucas Poullain -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Lucas Poullain
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Lucas Poullain since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 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. 201, Lajal reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Gautier 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Gautier (6-3 6-3). During the match, Lajal scored 66 points vs Gautier’s 49. The Estonian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal was very effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mark broke Gautier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (99-63). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has a composed26-18 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Lajal has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Poullain
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 6-3 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 63-26 | 29-11 | 8-2 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-10 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247 (career-high), Lucas reached the 2nd round after beating Marius Copil 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Poullain had a good straight sets win against Copil (6-3 6-4). During the match Poullain scored 71 points vs Copil’s 52. Lucas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Poullain wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Lucas Poullain lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Poullain put 66% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Copil 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The French player has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 66-49 | 71-52 |
| Total Points | 115 | 123 |
| Winners | 23 | 33 |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% |
Both Lajal and Poullain played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Poullain have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 1 game less than Poullain. Lajal scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Poullain managed to score 33 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 41/62 |
| %1st in | 56% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 33/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 10/21 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Lajal managed to score 5 aces . Poullain didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lajal won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Poullain won 80% of the points behind 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 | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Estonian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mark was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Poullain broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lucas conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Gautier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Poullain | |||
| R1 Copil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger
- Mark LajalLajal – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-76 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Hazem NaowNaow – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin – Martin DammDamm (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Lorenzo RottoliRottoli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Oscar OtteOtte (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Henri SquireSquire (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 3-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – Nikolay VylegzhaninVylegzhanin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
