Mark Lajal and Beibit Zhukayev will play each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:25 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.59
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 3rd time that Mark Lajal and Beibit Zhukayev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lajal won 6-4 7-5 in the final in the Little Rock Challenger back in 2023.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-4 | 5-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 235, Mark reached the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye, Cleeve Harper 6-4 6-2, Henrique Rocha 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lajal scored 58 points vs Uchiyama’s 41. Mark was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Estonian broke Uchiyama 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lajal started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (141-92). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an aggregate44-29 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Lajal has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-29 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 4-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Zhukayev got to the quarter after defeating Mick Veldheer 7-6(5) 6-3, Christoph Negritu 7-6(4) 6-4, Gastao Elias 6-3 6-2 and Dmitry Popko 6-3 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-3 7-63). During the match Zhukayev scored 78 points vs Popko’s 58. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev managed to score 12 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhukayev broke Popko twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhukayev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Beibit has an aggregate 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 84 |
| Pts | 230-187 | 289-224 |
| Total Points | 417 | 513 |
| Winners | 89 | 124 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Lajal played 3 matches while Zhukayev competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Mark Lajal dropped 1 set while Beibit Zhukayev hasn’t lost a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukayev (7 vs 8). Therefore, Lajal played 19 games less than Zhukayev. Mark scored 89 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani fired 124 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 43 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 10.8 |
| 1st in | 134/209 | 157/252 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 89/134 | 124/157 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 40/75 | 58/95 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Lajal scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). Zhukayev managed to score 43 aces (10.8 per match). Lajal won 66% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 79% of the points on 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 | Lajal | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 10 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 48% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
The Estonian broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Mark lost his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zhukayev broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | |||||
| Q3 Harper |
R1 Rocha |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 17 | 65 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 104-95 | 58-41 | 230-187 | |
| Total points | 119 | 199 | 99 | 417 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 23 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 58/94 | 31/51 | 134/209 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 37/58 | 23/31 | 89/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | 74% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 18/36 | 11/20 | 40/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/12 | 4/7 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 42% | 57% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/9 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 44% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||||
| Q1 Veldheer |
Q3 Negritu |
R1 Elias |
R2 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 84 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 72-62 | 56-36 | 78-58 | 289-224 | |
| Total points | 151 | 134 | 92 | 136 | 513 | |
| Winners | 32 | 34 | 22 | 36 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 39% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/72 | 44/69 | 26/45 | 41/66 | 157/252 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 58% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 34/44 | 22/26 | 36/41 | 124/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 85% | 88% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/25 | 12/19 | 14/25 | 58/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | 56% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 50% | 80% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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