Mark Lajal and Duckhee Lee will face off in the 1st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on SHOW COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.36
Duckhee Lee -> 2.98
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Duckhee Lee
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Duckhee Lee since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| 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. 208, Lajal will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Chan Hong in the 2nd round on the 11th of April.
The Estonian has an overall 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Mark has an overall 101-68 record. He has a positive 67-36 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
Duckhee Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 29-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 625, the Korean reached the 1st round after beating August Holmgren 7-5 7-5 and Blake Ellis 6-76 7-63 6-4.
In the qualifications against Ellis, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-63 6-4).During the match Hee Lee scored less points (1) than Ellis. In fact, the world no. 208 won 119 points vs Ellis’s. That means that Hee Lee was more focused during the important points. Hee Lee was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Hee Lee scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Duckhee Lee lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hee Lee put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (33/56) on the 2nd serve. Duck broke Ellis 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Duck’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Tokyo.
Hee Lee has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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