Lloyd Harris and Mark Lajal will face off in the semifinal of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Lloyd Harris who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lloyd Harris is the pick to win this match.
Lloyd Harris -> 1.28
Mark Lajal -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Lloyd Harris vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Lloyd Harris and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Lloyd Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 16-3 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 21-16 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-22 | 23-11 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-15 | 12-7 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, the South African got to the semifinal after beating Dane Sweeny 6-2 6-2, Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Harris defeated Kachmazov (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Lloyd scored 95 points vs Kachmazov’s 81. Harris was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lloyd recorded 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Lloyd Harris was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Harris broke Kachmazov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lloyd has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Lloyd has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (361-198). 14-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lloyd has an overall 278-110 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Gwangju Challenger where he beat Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4.
Lloyd has an aggregate 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Lloyd has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 223, Lajal got to the semifinal after beating Li Tu 6-3 4-6 6-4, Arthur Fery 6-2 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 7-5 7-64.
In the quarter, Mark had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (7-5 7-64). During the match Lajal scored 83 points vs Yevseyev’s 71. Lajal was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Lajal struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Estonian broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
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 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lloyd | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 70 |
| Pts | 226-177 | 242-206 |
| Total Points | 403 | 448 |
| Winners | 93 | 102 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Lloyd and Lajal played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Lloyd Harris dropped 1 set, while Mark Lajal conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lloyd and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Lloyd played 6 games less than Lajal. Lloyd scored 93 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lajal scored 102 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lloyd | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 37 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 12.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 119/176 | 134/220 |
| %1st in | 68% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 93/119 | 102/134 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 42/86 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Lloyd bagged 37 aces (12.3 per match). Lajal made 18 aces (6 per match). Lloyd won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 76% of the points on 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 | Lloyd | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/37 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 32% | 44% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 43% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Harris broke his opponents 12 times with a 32% conversion rate. Harris dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lloyd | |||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Hsiou |
1/4 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 28 | 64 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 70-55 | 95-81 | 226-177 | |
| Total points | 102 | 125 | 176 | 403 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 39 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 15 | 11 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/42 | 35/53 | 51/81 | 119/176 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 66% | 63% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 28/35 | 39/51 | 93/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 80% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 9/18 | 16/30 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/13 | 4/12 | 12/37 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 31% | 33% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 60% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Lajal | |||||
| R1 Tu |
R2 Fery |
1/4 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 | 25 | 70 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 66-49 | 83-71 | 242-206 | |
| Total points | 179 | 115 | 154 | 448 | |
| Winners | 40 | 23 | 39 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 27/51 | 53/79 | 134/220 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 53% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 23/27 | 39/53 | 102/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 85% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 12/24 | 14/26 | 42/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/9 | 3/5 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 44% | 60% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 100% | 60% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 1 Challenger
- Mark LajalLajal – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aoran Wang/Yi ZhouWang/Yi Zhou – Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Remy BertolaBertola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
