Alexander Blockx and Mark Lajal will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:25 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.84
Mark Lajal -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Mark Lajal
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Blockx and Mark Lajal square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Blockx (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Blockx won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Orleans Challenger back in 2024.
Alexander Blockx
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203 (career-high), Blockx got to the semifinal after defeating Alexander Ritschard 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2, Jurij Rodionov 6-0 2-6 6-3 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 6-4). During the match, Blockx scored 56 points vs Basilashvili’s 44. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blockx scored just 1 ace and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Alexander Blockx was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blockx was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Basilashvili 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Blockx has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 62% of his matches (77-48). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blockx has an overall44-16 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Blockx has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-6 | 6-3 | 1-1 | 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, Lajal got to the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Cleeve Harper 6-4 6-2, Henrique Rocha 3-6 6-2 7-6(5), Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-2 and Beibit Zhukayev 5-7 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the quarter against Zhukayev, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-65 6-4). During the match Lajal scored 109 points vs Zhukayev’s 105. The Estonian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajal made 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lajal started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lajal has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 100 |
| Pts | 232-195 | 339-292 |
| Total Points | 427 | 631 |
| Winners | 87 | 135 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Blockx played 3 matches while Lajal competed in 4 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Blockx had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Blockx surrendered 2 sets, while Mark Lajal dropped 2 sets. Blockx has played 2 set(s) less than Lajal (8 vs 10). Therefore, Blockx played 28 games less than Lajal. Alexander scored 87 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mark struck 135 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 120/209 | 201/310 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 87/120 | 135/201 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 55/89 | 61/109 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Blockx managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Lajal blasted 16 aces (4 per match). Blockx won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Lajal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 17 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 17/37 |
| % Converted | 53% | 46% |
| Conceded | 9 | 24 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 44% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Blockx broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Alexander dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Lajal broke his opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | |||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R2 Rodionov |
1/4 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 3-6 6-2 | 6-0 2-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 | 19 | 72 | |
| pts | 85-78 | 91-73 | 56-44 | 232-195 | |
| Total points | 163 | 164 | 100 | 427 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 26 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% | 46% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 39/76 | 34/54 | 120/209 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 51% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 28/39 | 26/34 | 87/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 72% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/32 | 21/37 | 11/20 | 55/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 57% | 55% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/13 | 3/3 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 31% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/6 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 0% | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lajal | ||||||
| Q3 Harper |
R1 Rocha |
R2 Uchiyama |
1/4 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 17 | 35 | 100 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 104-95 | 58-41 | 109-105 | 339-292 | |
| Total points | 119 | 199 | 99 | 214 | 631 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 23 | 46 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 40% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 58/94 | 31/51 | 67/101 | 201/310 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 61% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 37/58 | 23/31 | 46/67 | 135/201 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | 74% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 18/36 | 11/20 | 21/34 | 61/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 55% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/12 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 42% | 57% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 24 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/9 | 1/2 | 6/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 44% | 50% | 60% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
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