Patrick Kypson and Mark Lajal will face off in the 2^nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.72
Patrick Kypson -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Mark Lajal

This will be the 2^nd time that Patrick Kypson and Mark Lajal square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Lajal won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the quarter in the Sioux Falls Challenger back in October 2024.

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 169, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-3 6-0). During the match, Kypson scored 61 points vs Tomic’s 34. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kypson managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Patrick Kypson was quite effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kypson broke Tomic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Kypson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (204-123). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kypson has a compiled 36-18 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Ethan Quinn in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Kypson has an aggregate 23-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 212, the Estonian reached the 2^nd round after beating Henry Searle 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Searle (6-3 6-3). During the match Lajal scored 67 points vs Searle’s 51. Lajal was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajal fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Searle 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

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

The Estonian has a composed 35-27 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger

Mark has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kypson	Lajal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	18
Pts	61-34	67-51
Total Points	95	118
Winners	25	26
%Winners	41%	39%

Both Kypson and Lajal played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kypson and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kypson played 3 games less than Lajal. Kypson scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian struck 26 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kypson	Lajal
Aces	7	5
Avg per match	7	5
1st in	30/47	35/53
%1st in	64%	66%
1st pts	25/30	26/35
%1st pts	83%	74%
2nd pts	10/17	8/18
%2nd pts	59%	44%

Kypson fired 7 aces . Lajal fired 5 aces . Kypson won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% 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 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kypson	Lajal
Won	4	5
Converted	4/6	5/10
% Converted	67%	50%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	7	3
% Saved	100%	60%
Times Broken	0	2

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Patrick pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 7 break points. Mark broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Kypson
	R1 Tomic	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	61-34	61-34
Total points	95	95
Winners	25	25
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	30/47	30/47
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	25/30	25/30
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Lajal
	R1 Searle	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	67-51	67-51
Total points	118	118
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	35/53	35/53
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	26/35	26/35
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	8/18	8/18
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Charlottesville Challenger

• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Dylan DietrichDietrich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-1 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Kyle EdmundEdmund (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-1 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Henry SearleSearle (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-1 7-6¹) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Denis KudlaKudla (0-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-1 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dylan DietrichDietrich – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna GojoGojo – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – (0-0) – H2H and prediction