H2H, prediction of Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Mark Lajal in Oeiras 2 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

PREVIEW. Oeiras 2 Challenger. Kovacevic and Lajal will play each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 15th of January

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Mark Lajal

Aleksandar Kovacevic and Mark Lajal will play each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:55 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.84
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Mark Lajal

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic
Aleksandar Kovacevic

2 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
1-0
Rank
77
High
72
LWWLWWWWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-9 7-5 2-1 12-3 0-0 0-0
2024 29-35 20-17 5-8 2-6 2-4 0-0
2023 43-27 34-15 0-5 7-2 2-5 0-0
2022 41-31 22-18 4-4 15-9 0-0 0-0
2021 20-17 11-10 2-3 7-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 109, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Liam Draxl 6-1 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-1 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 65 points vs Draxl’s 40. Kovacevic was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovacevic fired 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 88% (30/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Draxl 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (183-151). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an overall42-31 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Aleksandar has an aggregate 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Kovacevic
Oeiras 2 Challenger
Kovacevic's Record

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
1-0
Rank
200
High
191
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-5 6-3 0-0 5-2 0-0 0-0
2024 38-30 18-14 0-3 15-10 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
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Ranked no. 235, Lajal got to the 2nd round after beating Oleksandr Ovcharenko 4-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Ovcharenko, Lajal had a free pass after Ovcharenko retired on a 4-0 . scoreline.

Lajal has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lajal
Oeiras 2 Challenger
Lajal's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Kovacevic
M.Lajal
!
1h:09
1h:09
Time on court​
0h:13
0h:13
1h:09
1h:09
Last match​
!
0h:13
0h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
4
4
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
16
16
65
65
Avg point​
16
16
30
30
Winners
3
3
30
30
Avg Winners​
3
3
46%
46%
Ratio winners
19%
19%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
1
1
!
11
11
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
0
0
4
4
Avg Double Faults
0
0
30/34
30/34
1st won total​
3/3
3/3
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
100%
100%
8/20
8/20
2nd won total​
5/6
5/6
40%
40%
2nd won %
!
83%
83%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
2/3
2/3
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
2/3
2/3
50%
50%
Won
!
67%
67%
2
2
Conceded
0
0
2
2
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kovacevic Lajal
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 4
Pts 65-40 16-5
Total Points 105 21
Winners 30 3
%Winners 46% 19%

Both Kovacevic and Lajal played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovacevic played 12 games more than Lajal. Aleksandar scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian recorded 3 winners (19%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kovacevic Lajal
Aces 11 1
Avg per match 11 1
1st in 34/54 3/9
%1st in 63% 33%
1st pts 30/34 3/3
%1st pts 88% 100%
2nd pts 8/20 5/6
%2nd pts 40% 83%

Kovacevic bagged 11 aces . Lajal bagged 1 ace . Kovacevic won 88% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 100% of the points behind 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 Kovacevic Lajal
Won 4 2
Converted 4/8 2/3
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 2 0
Saved 2 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Aleksandar quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Mark broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Mark was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kovacevic
R1
Draxl		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 65-40 65-40
Total points 105 105
Winners 30 30
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 34/54 34/54
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 30/34 30/34
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 8/20 8/20
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Lajal
R1
Ovcharenko		 Total
Score 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 1 1
Tot Games 4 4
pts 16-5 16-5
Total points 21 21
Winners 3 3
%Winners 19% 19%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 3/9 3/9
% 1st in 33% 33%
1st pts 3/3 3/3
% 1st pts 100% 100%
2nd pts 5/6 5/6
% 2nd pts 83% 83%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Aleksandar Kovacevic
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 6Chall
  • 0Minor
Mark Lajal
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 1Chall
  • 3Minor

Aleksandar
Kovacevic

1:0

Mark
Lajal

Rank

77

High

72

1I.hard0

Rank

200

High

191

Win Loss
Kovacevic
LWWLWWWWWL
Lajal
LWLWWWLWWW
2025 2024 2023
21 - 9
11 - 5
7-5
Hard
6-3
12-3
I Hard
5-2
2-1
Clay
0-0

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 2 Challenger

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