Denis Yevseyev and Mark Lajal will fight against each other in the quarter of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.47
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Denis Yevseyev vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Yevseyev and Mark Lajal face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Lajal won 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Morelos Challenger back in 2023.
Denis Yevseyev
17 - 11win/loss
184
176
LLWWLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-13 | 10-5 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after defeating Altug Celikbilek 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Philip Sekulic 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (7-63 6-3). During the match, Yevseyev scored 78 points vs Sekulic’s 66. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yevseyev recorded 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Denis Yevseyev lost the serve once. Furthermore, Yevseyev put 57% of his first serves in, winning 92% (36/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Yevseyev broke Sekulic twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Yevseyev has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (340-256). 10-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Yevseyev has a composed 169-114 record in the last years on hard.
Yevseyev’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Denis has a compiled 17-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-11 | 8-7 | 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. 223, the Estonian got to the quarter after defeating Li Tu 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Arthur Fery 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Fery (6-2 6-2). During the match Lajal scored 66 points vs Fery’s 49. Mark was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Fery 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mark has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Estonian has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Mark has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yevseyev | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 45 |
| Pts | 160-133 | 159-135 |
| Total Points | 293 | 294 |
| Winners | 65 | 63 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Yevseyev and Lajal played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Yevseyev surrendered 1 set, while Mark Lajal conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yevseyev and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Yevseyev played 3 games more than Lajal. The Kazakhstani scored 65 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mark managed to score 63 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yevseyev | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 80/141 | 81/141 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 65/80 | 63/81 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/61 | 28/60 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 47% |
Yevseyev managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Lajal blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Yevseyev won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yevseyev | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 47% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 38% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yevseyev | ||||
| R1 Celikbilek |
R2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 | 48 | |
| pts | 82-67 | 78-66 | 160-133 | |
| Total points | 149 | 144 | 293 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 39/68 | 80/141 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 36/39 | 65/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 92% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 13/29 | 30/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 2/7 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 29% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 0% | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Tu |
R2 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 | 45 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 66-49 | 159-135 | |
| Total points | 179 | 115 | 294 | |
| Winners | 40 | 23 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 27/51 | 81/141 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 23/27 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 12/24 | 28/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/9 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 100% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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