Brandon Holt and Mark Lajal will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st 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.

As 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

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

In the 1^st 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

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 229, Lajal reached the 2^nd round after beating Paul Jubb 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st 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.

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marcelo Demoliner/Christian HarrisonDemoliner/Christian Harrison – Juan Pablo Ficovich/Tennyson WhitingPablo Ficovich/Tennyson Whiting (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 2-6 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction