Mark Lajal and Borna Gojo will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 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 Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.77
Mark Lajal -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Borna Gojo

There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Borna Gojo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 224, Lajal got to the semifinal after beating Omni Kumar 6-2 6-0, Zachary Svajda 3-6 6-2 6-0 and Patrick Kypson 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the quarter, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Kypson (7-6³ 6-3). During the match, Lajal scored 75 points vs Kypson’s 61. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajal made 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (40/48) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian broke Kypson once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lajal has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (131-86). 11-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an overall36-24 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

The Estonian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

The Estonian has an overall 34-26 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

Borna Gojo

Ranked no. 422, Borna reached the semifinal after beating Rudy Quan 4-6 6-1 6-1, Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-1, Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-2, Denis Kudla 4-6 6-0 7-5 and Brandon Holt 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2.

In the quarter against Holt, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2). During the match Gojo scored 109 points vs Holt’s 94. Gojo was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Gojo blasted 10 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Borna Gojo was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (52/68) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Borna broke Holt twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Borna started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Croatian has a compiled 8-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Gojo
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	13
Tot Games	59	115
Pts	214-153	405-301
Total Points	367	706
Winners	87	167
%Winners	41%	41%

Lajal played 3 matches while Gojo competed in 5 matches. Gojo started his run from the qualifications while Lajal had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal conceded 1 set, while Borna Gojo dropped 3 sets. Lajal has played 6 set(s) less than Gojo (7 vs 13). Therefore, Lajal played 56 games less than Gojo. The Estonian scored 87 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Borna fired 167 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Gojo
Aces	26	46
Avg per match	8.7	9.2
1st in	111/183	222/354
%1st in	61%	63%
1st pts	87/111	167/222
%1st pts	78%	75%
2nd pts	43/72	73/132
%2nd pts	60%	55%

Lajal managed to score 26 aces (8.7 per match). Gojo recorded 46 aces (9.2 per match). Lajal won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Gojo
Won	12	22
Converted	12/18	22/39
% Converted	67%	56%
Conceded	8	25
Saved	6	17
% Saved	75%	68%
Times Broken	2	8

Lajal broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Estonian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 22 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Kumar	R2 Svajda	1/4 Kypson	Total
Score	6-2 6-0	3-6 6-2 6-0	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	23	22	59
pts	56-31	83-61	75-61	214-153
Total points	87	144	136	367
Winners	17	30	40	87
%Winners	30%	36%	53%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	9	15	26
Double Faults	1	4	2	7
1st in	23/41	40/71	48/71	111/183
% 1st in	56%	56%	68%	61%
1st pts	17/23	30/40	40/48	87/111
% 1st pts	74%	75%	83%	78%
2nd pts	10/18	20/31	13/23	43/72
% 2nd pts	56%	65%	57%	60%
Breaks
Won	6	5	1	12
Converted	6/8	5/7	1/3	12/18
Converted %	75%	71%	33%	67%
Conceded	1	3	4	8
Saved	0/1	2/3	4/4	6
Saved %	0%	67%	100%	56%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Gojo
	Q1 Quan	Q3 Kirchheimer	R1 Krueger	R2 Kudla	1/4 Holt	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 6-1	6-2 6-1	6-3 6-2	4-6 6-0 7-5	4-6 7-61 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	3	13
Tot Games	24	15	17	28	31	115
pts	83-55	61-38	63-44	89-70	109-94	405-301
Total points	138	99	107	159	203	706
Winners	27	21	30	37	52	167
%Winners	33%	34%	48%	42%	48%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	9	13	8	10	46
Double Faults	2	1	5	4	0	12
1st in	37/60	31/50	38/58	48/79	68/107	222/354
% 1st in	62%	62%	66%	61%	64%	63%
1st pts	27/37	21/31	30/38	37/48	52/68	167/222
% 1st pts	73%	68%	79%	77%	76%	75%
2nd pts	15/23	12/19	8/20	16/31	22/39	73/132
% 2nd pts	65%	63%	40%	52%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	5	4	5	2	22
Converted	6/15	5/7	4/5	5/8	2/4	22/39
Converted %	40%	71%	80%	63%	50%	56%
Conceded	2	5	2	5	11	25
Saved	0/2	4/5	1/2	2/5	10/11	17
Saved %	0%	80%	50%	40%	91%	87%
Times Broken	2	1	1	3	1	8

Tennis Scores in Sioux Falls Challenger

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