Mark Lajal and Alexander Blockx will square off in the quarter of the Orleans Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. 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 -> 1.7
Alexander Blockx -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal

29 - 23win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
6-3
Clay
0-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
223
High
191
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-29 18-14 0-3 15-9 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
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Ranked no. 230, Lajal got to the quarter after defeating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-3 6-4, Lucas Poullain 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4, Matteo Martineau 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Calvin Hemery 6-4 3-6 7-6(3).

In the 2nd round, Mark defeated Hemery (6-4 3-6 7-63). During the match, Lajal scored 97 points vs Hemery’s 96. Mark was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mark Lajal lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 80% of his first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Hemery 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 3 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (126-83). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a composed31-21 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Lajal’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

Lajal has a compiled 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Mark has never competed in this tournament before.

Orleans Challenger
Lajal's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx

21 - 19win/loss

Hard
3-8
I Hard
11-8
Clay
7-3
Rank
249
High
224
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-23 7-10 7-3 12-10 0-0 0-0
2023 39-15 4-3 11-7 24-5 0-0 0-0
2022 4-7 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 248 (career-high), Alexander got to the quarter after defeating Norbert Gombos 6-1 6-4 and Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Alexander defeated Shapovalov (6-4 6-75 6-2). During the match Blockx scored 107 points vs Shapovalov’s 92. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (47/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Blockx broke Shapovalov 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and M25 Koksijde.

Blockx has a composed 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Orleans Challenger
Blockx's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Lajal
A.Blockx
!
8h:43
8h:43
Time on court​
3h:40
3h:40
!
2h:16
2h:16
Last match​
!
2h:19
2h:19
!
4
4
Match played
2
2
114
114
Games Played​
48
48
11
11
Set played​​
5
5
377
377
Total points​
167
167
94.3
94.3
Avg point​
83.5
83.5
177
177
Winners
70
70
44.3
44.3
Avg Winners​
35
35
47%
47%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
4
4
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
1.8
1.8
Avg Double Faults
1
1
177/255
177/255
1st won total​
70/103
70/103
69%
69%
1st won %
68%
68%
48/93
48/93
2nd won total​
34/55
34/55
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
13/36
13/36
BP won
9/18
9/18
3.3/9
3.3/9
Avg BP won
4.5/9
4.5/9
36%
36%
Won
50%
50%
23
23
Conceded
12
12
5.8
5.8
Avg Conceded
6
6
10
10
Broken
3
3
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
13
13
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajal Blockx
Match played 4 2
Tot Set 11 5
Tot Games 114 48
Pts 377-357 167-137
Total Points 734 304
Winners 177 70
%Winners 47% 42%

Lajal played 4 matches while Blockx competed in 2 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Blockx had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal dropped 3 sets, while Alexander Blockx dropped 1 set. Lajal has played 6 sets more than Blockx (11 vs 5). Therefore, Lajal played 66 games more than Blockx. Mark scored 177 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander fired 70 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajal Blockx
Aces 22 4
Avg per match 5.5 2
1st in 255/348 103/158
%1st in 73% 65%
1st pts 177/255 70/103
%1st pts 69% 68%
2nd pts 48/93 34/55
%2nd pts 52% 62%

Lajal struck 22 aces (5.5 per match). Blockx made 4 aces (2 per match). Lajal won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lajal Blockx
Won 13 9
Converted 13/36 9/18
% Converted 36% 50%
Conceded 23 12
Saved 13 9
% Saved 57% 75%
Times Broken 10 3

Mark broke his opponents 13 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blockx conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
Q1
Kaliyanda		 Q3
Poullain		 R1
Martineau		 R2
Hemery		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-63 3-6 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 3 3 11
Tot Games 19 32 31 32 114
pts 75-55 97-104 108-102 97-96 377-357
Total points 130 201 210 193 734
Winners 33 40 54 50 177
%Winners 44% 41% 50% 52% 47%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 8 5 22
Double Faults 1 3 2 1 7
1st in 40/58 66/92 79/111 70/87 255/348
% 1st in 69% 72% 71% 80% 73%
1st pts 33/40 40/66 54/79 50/70 177/255
% 1st pts 83% 61% 68% 71% 69%
2nd pts 11/18 13/26 16/32 8/17 48/93
% 2nd pts 61% 50% 50% 47% 52%
Breaks
Won 2 4 4 3 13
Converted 2/5 4/12 4/9 3/10 13/36
Converted % 40% 33% 44% 30% 36%
Conceded 1 8 10 4 23
Saved 1/1 4/8 7/10 1/4 13
Saved % 100% 50% 70% 25% 61%
Times Broken 0 4 3 3 10
Blockx
R1
Gombos		 R2
Shapovalov		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-75 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 31 48
pts 60-45 107-92 167-137
Total points 105 199 304
Winners 23 47 70
%Winners 38% 44% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 35/58 68/100 103/158
% 1st in 60% 68% 65%
1st pts 23/35 47/68 70/103
% 1st pts 66% 69% 68%
2nd pts 14/23 20/32 34/55
% 2nd pts 61% 63% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/8 5/10 9/18
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 5 7 12
Saved 4/5 5/7 9
Saved % 80% 71% 38%
Times Broken 1 2 3

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