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.
As 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
| 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
Mark Lajal
38 - 28win/loss
229
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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
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