Mark Lajal and Arthur Fery will face off in the 2nd round of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 -> 1.72
Arthur Fery -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Arthur Fery
This will be the 3rd time that Mark Lajal and Arthur Fery clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Lajal won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Mallorca Challenger back in 2023.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 8-7 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 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. 223, Lajal reached the 2nd round after defeating Li Tu 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Estonian defeated Tu (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 93 points vs Tu’s 86. The Estonian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal recorded 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Tu 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Lajal has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (104-69). 5-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an aggregate70-37 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Lajal has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Mark has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Fery
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-15 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 15-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 14-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 7-6 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Fery reached the 2nd round after beating Ricardas Berankis 2-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Berankis, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Fery scored 73 points vs Berankis’s 63. Fery was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Fery blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Arthur Fery lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Fery put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Berankis 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Arthur’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger.
Arthur has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 93-86 | 73-63 |
| Total Points | 179 | 136 |
| Winners | 40 | 26 |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% |
Both Lajal and Fery played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal surrendered 1 set, while Arthur Fery conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Fery have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lajal played 6 games more than Fery. Mark scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Fery fired 26 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 38/60 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 26/38 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Lajal managed to score 9 aces . Fery managed to score 5 aces . Lajal won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Fery won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Fery |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 43% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 43% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Lajal broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 93-86 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 54/90 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 16/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Fery | |||
| R1 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 73-63 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-71 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Federico CinaCina (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-0 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Li TuTu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rigele TeTe (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Fajing SunSun (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Luke SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-7(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alex BoltBolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
