H2H, prediction of Brandon Holt vs Mark Lajal in Knoxville Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 6th November 2024

PREVIEW. Knoxville Challenger. Holt and Lajal will face off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 6th of November

Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Mark Lajal

Brandon Holt and Mark Lajal will play each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.74
Brandon Holt -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Holt vs. Mark Lajal

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

Brandon Holt

Brandon Holt
Brandon Holt

42 - 29win/loss

Hard
37-24
I Hard
4-4
Clay
1-1
Rank
201
High
180
WLWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-29 37-24 1-1 4-4 0-0 0-0
2023 22-24 14-16 1-2 7-5 0-1 0-0
2022 52-21 48-17 0-0 3-3 1-1 0-0
2021 3-6 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 8-5 8-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 201, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Adam Walton 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-4 6-3). During the match, Holt scored 62 points vs Walton’s 51. Brandon was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holt blasted 7 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Brandon Holt was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Walton twice.

Holt has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (174-114). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Holt has a composed14-12 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Brandon’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger,M25 Bakersfield and the Tyler Challenger.

Brandon has an aggregate 42-29 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Holt
Knoxville Challenger
Holt's Record

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

37 - 28win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
14-8
Clay
0-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
229
High
191
WLWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-28 18-14 0-3 14-8 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. 229, Lajal reached the 2nd round after beating Paul Jubb 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Jubb (6-3 7-5). During the match Lajal scored 77 points vs Jubb’s 59. Lajal was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajal managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian broke Jubb twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

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

The Estonian has a composed 37-28 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Mark has never competed in this tournament before.

Lajal
Knoxville Challenger
Lajal's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Holt
M.Lajal
1h:21
1h:21
Time on court​
1h:29
1h:29
1h:21
1h:21
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
62
62
Total points​
77
77
62
62
Avg point​
77
77
36
36
Winners
30
30
36
36
Avg Winners​
30
30
58%
58%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
11
11
7
7
Avg Aces
!
11
11
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
36/47
36/47
1st won total​
30/37
30/37
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
10/18
10/18
2nd won total​
15/18
15/18
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
83%
83%
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
BP won
2/11
2/11
2/2
2/2
Avg BP won
2/11
2/11
!
100%
100%
Won
!
18%
18%
3
3
Conceded
1
1
3
3
Avg Conceded
1
1
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Holt Lajal
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 21
Pts 62-51 77-59
Total Points 113 136
Winners 36 30
%Winners 58% 39%

Both Holt and Lajal played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Holt and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Holt played 2 games less than Lajal. Holt scored 36 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Lajal fired 30 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Holt Lajal
Aces 7 11
Avg per match 7 11
1st in 47/65 37/55
%1st in 72% 67%
1st pts 36/47 30/37
%1st pts 77% 81%
2nd pts 10/18 15/18
%2nd pts 56% 83%

Holt made 7 aces . Lajal blasted 11 aces . Holt won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Holt Lajal
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/11
% Converted 100% 18%
Conceded 3 1
Saved 3 1
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

The American broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Brandon very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Mark broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. The Estonian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Holt
R1
Walton
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 62-51 62-51
Total points 113 113
Winners 36 36
%Winners 58% 58%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 47/65 47/65
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 36/47 36/47
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 10/18 10/18
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/2 2/2
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Lajal
R1
Jubb
Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 77-59 77-59
Total points 136 136
Winners 30 30
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 37/55 37/55
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 30/37 30/37
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 15/18 15/18
% 2nd pts 83% 83%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/11 2/11
Converted % 18% 18%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Holt
WLWLWWLWWW
Lajal
WLWWLWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
42 - 29
36 - 27
37-24
Hard
17-13
4-4
I Hard
14-8
1-1
Clay
0-3
0-0
Grass
5-3

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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