H2H, prediction of Nishesh Basavareddy vs Mark Lajal in Knoxville Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th November 2024

PREVIEW. Knoxville Challenger. Basavareddy and Lajal will face off in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 8th of November

Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Mark Lajal

Nishesh Basavareddy and Mark Lajal will face off in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.66
Mark Lajal -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Mark Lajal

This will be the 2nd time that Nishesh Basavareddy and Mark Lajal fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basavareddy (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Basavareddy won 2-6 7-6(6) 7-5 in the 1st round in the Chicago Challenger back in July 2024.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Nishesh Basavareddy
Nishesh Basavareddy

38 - 14win/loss

Hard
29-11
I Hard
9-3
Rank
170
High
170
WWLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-14 29-11 0-0 9-3 0-0 0-0
2023 12-6 10-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2022 2-5 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 170 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after defeating Colton Smith 6-2 6-4 and Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-0.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 6-0). During the match, Basavareddy scored 58 points vs Svajda’s 34. Nishesh was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Basavareddy fired 6 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy was very effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Svajda 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Basavareddy has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 68% of his matches (52-25). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Basavareddy has an overall11-6 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tiburon Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-1 6-1.

The American has a composed 38-14 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Basavareddy
Knoxville Challenger
Basavareddy's Record

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

38 - 28win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
15-8
Clay
0-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
229
High
191
WWLWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-28 18-14 0-3 15-8 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 got to the quarter after beating Paul Jubb 6-3 7-5 and Brandon Holt 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 2nd round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-4 7-65). During the match Lajal scored 75 points vs Holt’s 68. The Estonian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajal scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 63% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Holt twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Lajal has a composed 38-28 win-loss record in 2024, 15-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.

Lajal
Knoxville Challenger
Lajal's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Basavareddy
M.Lajal
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
3h:05
3h:05
!
0h:56
0h:56
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
2
2
Match played
2
2
34
34
Games Played​
44
44
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
123
123
Total points​
152
152
61.5
61.5
Avg point​
76
76
47
47
Winners
68
68
23.5
23.5
Avg Winners​
34
34
38%
38%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
19
19
4
4
Avg Aces
9.5
9.5
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
47/58
47/58
1st won total​
68/82
68/82
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
24/32
24/32
2nd won total​
27/44
27/44
!
75%
75%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
BP won
4/16
4/16
3.5/8
3.5/8
Avg BP won
2/8
2/8
44%
44%
Won
!
25%
25%
2
2
Conceded
6
6
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
2
2
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basavareddy Lajal
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 34 44
Pts 123-83 152-127
Total Points 206 279
Winners 47 68
%Winners 38% 45%

Both Basavareddy and Lajal played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Basavareddy and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Basavareddy played 10 games less than Lajal. Nishesh scored 47 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mark made 68 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basavareddy Lajal
Aces 8 19
Avg per match 4 9.5
1st in 58/90 82/126
%1st in 64% 65%
1st pts 47/58 68/82
%1st pts 81% 83%
2nd pts 24/32 27/44
%2nd pts 75% 61%

Basavareddy struck 8 aces (4 per match). Lajal fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Basavareddy won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basavareddy Lajal
Won 7 4
Converted 7/16 4/16
% Converted 44% 25%
Conceded 2 6
Saved 2 5
% Saved 100% 83%
Times Broken 0 1

Nishesh broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Nishesh pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Lajal broke his opponents 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
R1
Smith
R2
Svajda
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 16 34
pts 65-49 58-34 123-83
Total points 114 92 206
Winners 24 23 47
%Winners 37% 40% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 8
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 31/47 27/43 58/90
% 1st in 66% 63% 64%
1st pts 24/31 23/27 47/58
% 1st pts 77% 85% 81%
2nd pts 13/16 11/16 24/32
% 2nd pts 81% 69% 75%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/10 4/6 7/16
Converted % 30% 67% 44%
Conceded 1 1 2
Saved 1/1 1/1 2
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Lajal
R1
Jubb
R2
Holt
Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-4 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 23 44
pts 77-59 75-68 152-127
Total points 136 143 279
Winners 30 38 68
%Winners 39% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 11 8 19
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 37/55 45/71 82/126
% 1st in 67% 63% 65%
1st pts 30/37 38/45 68/82
% 1st pts 81% 84% 83%
2nd pts 15/18 12/26 27/44
% 2nd pts 83% 46% 61%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/11 2/5 4/16
Converted % 18% 40% 25%
Conceded 1 5 6
Saved 1/1 4/5 5
Saved % 100% 80% 90%
Times Broken 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Basavareddy
WWLWWWWLWW
Lajal
WWLWWLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
38 - 14
37 - 27
29-11
Hard
17-13
9-3
I Hard
15-8
0-0
Grass
5-3

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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