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.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
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

Mark Lajal

3 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
2-0
Rank
226
High
191
LLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-30 18-14 0-3 15-10 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.

Cherbourg Challenger
Lajal's Record

Michael Geerts

Michael Geerts

6 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
4-4
Rank
295
High
212
LWLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-36 17-10 10-12 17-13 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)

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Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

Cherbourg Challenger
Geerts's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Lajal
M.Geerts
2h:43
2h:43
Time on court​
3h:15
3h:15
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
2
2
Match played
2
2
38
38
Games Played​
52
52
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
134
134
Total points​
159
159
67
67
Avg point​
79.5
79.5
52
52
Winners
73
73
26
26
Avg Winners​
36.5
36.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
13
13
3.5
3.5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
52/75
52/75
1st won total​
73/89
73/89
69%
69%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
28/42
28/42
2nd won total​
36/54
36/54
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
BP won
4/12
4/12
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
!
54%
54%
Won
33%
33%
7
7
Conceded
1
1
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
0.5
0.5
2
2
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
1
1

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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