Zachary Svajda and Mark Lajal will face off in the 2^nd round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.71
Mark Lajal -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Mark Lajal

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

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 163, Zachary got to the 2^nd round after beating Martin Borisiouk 1-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Borisiouk, Svajda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5).During the match, Svajda scored less points (2) than Borisiouk. In fact, the world no. 163 won 86 points vs Borisiouk’s. That means that Svajda was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Svajda blasted 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Zachary Svajda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Svajda broke Borisiouk 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Svajda has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (159-119). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Svajda has an aggregate13-18 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Zachary’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Svajda has a compiled 36-32 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

Svajda has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 224, the Estonian got to the 2^nd round after beating Omni Kumar 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Kumar (6-2 6-0). During the match Lajal scored 56 points vs Kumar’s 31. Lajal was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Lajal scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mark Lajal was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mark broke Kumar 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Mark’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

Lajal has a compiled 32-26 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svajda	Lajal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	28	14
Pts	86-88	56-31
Total Points	174	87
Winners	37	17
%Winners	43%	30%

Both Svajda and Lajal played 1 match. At the moment, Zachary Svajda lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Svajda has played 1 set more than Lajal (3 vs 2). Therefore, Svajda played 14 games more than Lajal. The American scored 37 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian made 17 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svajda	Lajal
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	7	2
1st in	50/82	23/41
%1st in	61%	56%
1st pts	37/50	17/23
%1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	15/32	10/18
%2nd pts	47%	56%

Svajda scored 7 aces . Lajal blasted 2 aces . Svajda won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Svajda	Lajal
Won	3	6
Converted	3/14	6/8
% Converted	21%	75%
Conceded	8	1
Saved	5	0
% Saved	63%	0%
Times Broken	3	1

Svajda broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Svajda surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Svajda
	R1 Borisiouk	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	86-88	86-88
Total points	174	174
Winners	37	37
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	50/82	50/82
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	37/50	37/50
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	15/32	15/32
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Lajal
	R1 Kumar	Total
Score	6-2 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	56-31	56-31
Total points	87	87
Winners	17	17
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	23/41	23/41
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	17/23	17/23
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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