Mark Lajal and Philip Sekulic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on SHOW COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.71
Philip Sekulic -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-10 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 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 reached the 2nd round after beating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Hee Lee (6-1 6-1). During the match, Lajal scored 53 points vs Hee Lee’s 31. Lajal was pretty aggressive to blast 10 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 44% of his first serves in, winning 67% (10/15) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Hee Lee 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (102-68). 3-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a compiled68-36 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Estonian has a compiled 5-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
9 - 11win/loss
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LWLWLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 11-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, Philip got to the 2nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 0-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Bellucci, Sekulic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Sekulic scored 76 points vs Bellucci’s 70. Philip was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Philip Sekulic was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Philip broke Bellucci 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Sekulic has a compiled 9-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 |
| Pts | 53-31 | 76-70 |
| Total Points | 84 | 146 |
| Winners | 10 | 34 |
| %Winners | 19% | 45% |
Both Lajal and Sekulic played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic conceded 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lajal played 11 games less than Sekulic. The Estonian scored 10 winners (19% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic made 34 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 46/75 |
| %1st in | 44% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 10/15 | 34/46 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Lajal managed to score 6 aces . Sekulic made 4 aces . Lajal won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 58% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Lajal broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Mark surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Hee Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 53-31 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 10 | 10 | |
| %Winners | 19% | 19% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 76-70 | 76-70 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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