
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.
As 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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Benoit Paire
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 |
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