Mark Lajal and Jacob Fearnley will play each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.57
Jacob Fearnley -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Jacob Fearnley

There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Jacob Fearnley since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 272, Mark reached the qualifications after beating Patrick Brady 6-3 3-6 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Estonian defeated Brady (6-3 3-6 6-0). During the match, Lajal scored 98 points vs Brady’s 80. Mark was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 73% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Brady 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).

Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (109-74). 2-1 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a compiled2-1 match record in the last 4 years on grass.

The Estonian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.

The Estonian has an aggregate 12-14 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

Mark has never competed in this tournament before.

Jacob Fearnley

Ranked no. 525, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Clement Chidekh 2-6 6-3 7-6⁴.

In the qualifications against Chidekh, Jacob recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Fearnley scored 98 points vs Chidekh’s 95. Fearnley was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Fearnley made 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jacob Fearnley lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fearnley put 74% of his first serves in, winning 64% (45/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Fearnley broke Chidekh 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Jacob’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Esch/Alzette.

The Brit has an overall 9-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Fearnley
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	30
Pts	98-80	98-95
Total Points	178	193
Winners	38	45
%Winners	39%	46%

Both Lajal and Fearnley played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal lost 1 set, while Jacob Fearnley dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Fearnley have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lajal played 6 games less than Fearnley. Lajal scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit bagged 45 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Fearnley
Aces	2	9
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	53/73	70/94
%1st in	73%	74%
1st pts	38/53	45/70
%1st pts	72%	64%
2nd pts	10/20	13/24
%2nd pts	50%	54%

Lajal managed to score 2 aces . Fearnley struck 9 aces . Lajal won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Fearnley won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Fearnley
Won	5	3
Converted	5/20	3/12
% Converted	25%	25%
Conceded	7	6
Saved	5	2
% Saved	71%	33%
Times Broken	2	4

The Estonian broke his opponent 5 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Estonian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Fearnley broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Jacob conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	Q1 Brady	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	98-80	98-80
Total points	178	178
Winners	38	38
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	53/73	53/73
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	38/53	38/53
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/20	5/20
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Fearnley
	Q1 Chidekh	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 7-64
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	98-95	98-95
Total points	193	193
Winners	45	45
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	70/94	70/94
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	45/70	45/70
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

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