H2H, prediction of Mark Lajal vs Benoit Paire in Aix En Provence Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th April 2025

PREVIEW. Aix En Provence Challenger. Lajal and Paire will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Aix En Provence Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Tuesday the 29th of April

Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Benoit Paire

Mark Lajal and Benoit Paire will square off in the qualifications of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT NISSAN COURIANT. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.48
Benoit Paire -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Benoit Paire

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

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

14 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
5-2
Clay
3-1
Rank
199
High
191
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-9 6-3 6-4 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. 199, Lajal got to the qualifications after defeating Maxime Chazal 6-2 4-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Estonian defeated Chazal (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 94 points vs Chazal’s 78. Mark was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mark Lajal was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Lajal broke Chazal 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Lajal has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (148-96). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has a composed9-14 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Estonian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.

The Estonian has a composed 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger

Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.

Lajal
Aix En Provence Challenger
Lajal's Record

Benoit Paire

Benoit Paire
Benoit Paire

5 - 9win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
1-3
Clay
1-1
Rank
506
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-11 3-5 3-3 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 11-30 6-12 0-9 4-7 1-2 0-0
2023 45-38 13-12 27-17 5-8 0-1 0-0
2022 16-31 7-13 6-14 3-2 0-2 0-0
2021 14-32 6-12 7-13 1-5 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 575, Benoit reached the qualifications after defeating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 4-6 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications against Gueymard Wayenburg, Benoit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Paire scored 97 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s 94. Paire was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Paire managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. Paire was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gueymard Wayenburg 7 times.

The French player has an overall 5-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Paire
Aix En Provence Challenger
Paire's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Lajal
B.Paire
2h:27
2h:27
Time on court​
1h:52
1h:52
!
2h:27
2h:27
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
94
94
Total points​
97
97
94
94
Avg point​
97
97
36
36
Winners
38
38
36
36
Avg Winners​
38
38
38%
38%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
36/48
36/48
1st won total​
38/56
38/56
!
75%
75%
1st won %
68%
68%
17/32
17/32
2nd won total​
18/43
18/43
53%
53%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
BP won
7/7
7/7
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
7/7
7/7
!
56%
56%
Won
!
100%
100%
6
6
Conceded
8
8
6
6
Avg Conceded
8
8
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
!
6
6
3
3
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajal Paire
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 32
Pts 94-78 97-94
Total Points 172 191
Winners 36 38
%Winners 38% 39%

Both Lajal and Paire played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal conceded 1 set, while Benoit Paire conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Paire have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lajal played 4 games less than Paire. Mark scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Paire managed to score 38 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajal Paire
Aces 3 2
Avg per match 3 2
1st in 48/80 56/99
%1st in 60% 57%
1st pts 36/48 38/56
%1st pts 75% 68%
2nd pts 17/32 18/43
%2nd pts 53% 42%

Lajal scored 3 aces . Paire scored 2 aces . Lajal won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lajal Paire
Won 5 7
Converted 5/9 7/7
% Converted 56% 100%
Conceded 6 8
Saved 3 2
% Saved 50% 25%
Times Broken 3 6

Mark broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Lajal dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Benoit broke his opponent 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. Benoit conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
Q1
Chazal
Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 94-78 94-78
Total points 172 172
Winners 36 36
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 48/80 48/80
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 36/48 36/48
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 17/32 17/32
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Paire
Q1
Gueymard
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 97-94 97-94
Total points 191 191
Winners 38 38
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 56/99 56/99
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 38/56 38/56
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 18/43 18/43
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/7 7/7
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 2/8 2
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 6 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Lajal
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Paire
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2025 2024 2023
17 - 9
7 - 11
6-3
Hard
3-5
5-2
I Hard
1-3
6-4
Clay
3-3
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