Mark Lajal and Ricardas Berankis will face off in the quarter of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.86
Mark Lajal -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Ricardas Berankis
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Ricardas Berankis 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, the Estonian got to the quarter after beating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-1 and Philip Sekulic 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (7-64 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 84 points vs Sekulic’s 77. Mark was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Lajal was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sekulic 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (103-68). 4-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an overall69-36 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Estonian has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-10 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, the Lithuanian got to the quarter after beating Egor Gerasimov 7-66 6-1 and James McCabe 7-66 7-66.
In the 2nd round, Berankis had a good straight sets win against McCabe (7-66 7-66). During the match Berankis scored 101 points vs McCabe’s 95. Richard was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Berankis scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (23/46) on the 2nd serve. Berankis broke McCabe twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Lithuanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Lithuanian has an aggregate 13-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 46 |
| Pts | 137-108 | 176-154 |
| Total Points | 245 | 330 |
| Winners | 46 | 66 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Both Lajal and Berankis played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Berankis have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lajal played 9 games less than Berankis. Lajal scored 46 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Richard fired 66 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 65/123 | 91/164 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 66/91 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 30/58 | 36/73 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Lajal blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Berankis recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Lajal won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 12 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Lajal broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Berankis broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Richard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Hee Lee |
R2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 37 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 84-77 | 137-108 | |
| Total points | 84 | 161 | 245 | |
| Winners | 10 | 36 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 19% | 43% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 50/89 | 65/123 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 56% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 10/15 | 36/50 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 19/39 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 49% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/3 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 7/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 78% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Berankis | ||||
| R1 Gerasimov |
R2 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | 7-66 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 101-95 | 176-154 | |
| Total points | 134 | 196 | 330 | |
| Winners | 24 | 42 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/59 | 59/105 | 91/164 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 42/59 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 23/46 | 36/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/7 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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