Mark Lajal and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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.
Mark Lajal -> 1.49
Michael Geerts -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Michael Geerts 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 | 38-29 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-9 | 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. 201, Lajal reached the quarter after beating Alexis Gautier 6-3 6-3 and Lucas Poullain 7-65 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Poullain (7-65 6-1). During the match, Lajal scored 68 points vs Poullain’s 51. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 71% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Poullain 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (100-63). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an overall27-18 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Lajal has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-35 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 16-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 299, Geerts reached the quarter after defeating Oscar Otte 6-75 6-3 6-4 and Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-4 6-4). During the match Geerts scored 60 points vs Nakashima’s 52. Geerts was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) 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. Michael broke Nakashima twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geerts has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Belgian has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 52 |
| Pts | 134-100 | 159-139 |
| Total Points | 234 | 298 |
| Winners | 52 | 73 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Lajal and Geerts played 2 matches. At the moment, Michael Geerts lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t lost a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Geerts (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lajal played 14 games less than Geerts. Mark scored 52 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts scored 73 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 75/117 | 89/143 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 52/75 | 73/89 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 28/42 | 36/54 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 67% |
Lajal made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Geerts blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Lajal won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 54% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Mark broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Gautier | R2 Poullain | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 38 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 68-51 | 134-100 | |
| Total points | 115 | 119 | 234 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 46/65 | 75/117 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 29/46 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 13/19 | 28/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 68% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Otte | R2 Nakashima | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 60-52 | 159-139 | |
| Total points | 186 | 112 | 298 | |
| Winners | 46 | 27 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 33/56 | 89/143 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 27/33 | 73/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 15/23 | 36/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 65% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/4 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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