Mark Lajal and Gijs Brouwer will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gijs Brouwer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.64
Mark Lajal -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Gijs Brouwer
This will be the 2nd time that Mark Lajal and Gijs Brouwer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Brouwer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Brouwer won 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2023.
Mark Lajal
11 - 14win/loss
262
191
WWWLWLWLLL | 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. 213, the Estonian got to the qualifications after beating Daniel Little 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mark had a good straight sets win against Little (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lajal scored 60 points vs Little’s 45. Mark was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lajal broke Little 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Lajal has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (108-73). 1-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a compiled1-0 match record in the last 4 years on grass.
Mark’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.
The Estonian has an aggregate 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Gijs Brouwer
16 - 15win/loss
190
114
LLWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 4-5 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 13-4 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, the Dutch got to the qualifications after beating Giles Hussey 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Hussey (6-3 6-4). During the match Brouwer scored 71 points vs Hussey’s 53. Gijs was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Brouwer made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Brouwer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Brouwer broke Hussey 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Dutch’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.
The Dutch has a compiled 15-15 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 60-45 | 71-53 |
| Total Points | 105 | 124 |
| Winners | 29 | 26 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Lajal and Brouwer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Brouwer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 2 games less than Brouwer. The Estonian scored 29 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 37/55 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 67% |
Lajal fired 6 aces . Brouwer scored 3 aces . Lajal won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Brouwer won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Estonian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mark was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Brouwer broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Little |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 60-45 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Brouwer | |||
| Q1 Hussey |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 71-53 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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