Patrick Kypson and Mark Lajal will face off in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd 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 2nd 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

Patrick Kypson

23 - 24win/loss

Hard
8-11
I Hard
9-3
Clay
4-7
Grass
2-3
Rank
169
High
133
WLWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-24 8-11 4-7 9-3 2-3 0-0
2023 38-21 10-11 17-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-14 13-7 2-2 11-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-11 4-2 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 14-9 7-6 5-2 2-1 0-0 0-0

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

In the 1st 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

Charlottesville Challenger
Kypson's Record

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal

35 - 27win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
12-7
Clay
0-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
212
High
191
WLWWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-27 18-14 0-3 12-7 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. 212, the Estonian reached the 2nd round after beating Henry Searle 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st 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.

Charlottesville Challenger
Lajal's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kypson
M.Lajal
1h:00
1h:00
Time on court​
1h:18
1h:18
1h:00
1h:00
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
61
61
Total points​
67
67
61
61
Avg point​
67
67
25
25
Winners
26
26
25
25
Avg Winners​
26
26
41%
41%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
7
7
Avg Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
5
5
25/30
25/30
1st won total​
26/35
26/35
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
10/17
10/17
2nd won total​
8/18
8/18
59%
59%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
BP won
5/10
5/10
4/6
4/6
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
!
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
7
7
Conceded
5
5
7
7
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
7
7
Saved
3
3

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

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