Mark Lajal and Lucas Poullain will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Orleans Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on ST CYR EN VAL NO.2. 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.
Mark Lajal -> 1.44
Lucas Poullain -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Lucas Poullain
This will be the 2nd time that Mark Lajal and Lucas Poullain play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Lajal won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in February 2024.
Mark Lajal
26 - 23win/loss
229
191
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-28 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 13-8 | 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. 224, Mark reached the qualifications after beating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mark had a good straight sets win against Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-3 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 75 points vs Kaliyanda Poonacha’s 55. Lajal was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajal made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mark Lajal was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian broke Kaliyanda Poonacha twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (123-83). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajal has a composed28-21 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Lajal’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
The Estonian has an aggregate 26-23 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Poullain
30 - 20win/loss
469
244
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-24 | 21-13 | 6-3 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 63-26 | 29-11 | 8-2 | 26-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-10 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Manuel Guinard 7-6(3) 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Guinard (7-63 7-65). During the match Poullain scored 97 points vs Guinard’s 90. Poullain was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Poullain scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lucas Poullain was very effective on serve to win 71% (49/69) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Poullain broke Guinard once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Lucas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Deauville,M25 Bakio and M25 Nottingham.
Poullain has a compiled 30-20 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 75-55 | 97-90 |
| Total Points | 130 | 187 |
| Winners | 33 | 49 |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% |
Both Lajal and Poullain played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Poullain have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 7 games less than Poullain. The Estonian scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas struck 49 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 69/96 |
| %1st in | 69% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 49/69 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 52% |
Lajal managed to score 6 aces . Poullain struck 1 ace . Lajal won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Poullain won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Poullain |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Mark broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Mark extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Poullain broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Poullain conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||
| Q1 Kaliyanda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-55 | 75-55 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Poullain | |||
| Q1 Guinard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-90 | 97-90 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/96 | 69/96 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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