Mark Lajal and Jacopo Berrettini will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.571
Jacopo Berrettini -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Jacopo Berrettini

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

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 217, Lajal reached the 2^nd round after beating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Dalla Valle (6-3 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 67 points vs Dalla Valle’s 51. Lajal was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mark Lajal was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lajal broke Dalla Valle twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Lajal has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (150-97). 4-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has a compiled11-15 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Mark’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.

The Estonian has a composed 15-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

Jacopo Berrettini

Ranked no. 336, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Adil Kalyanpur 6-0 6-1, Luca Potenza 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3 and Edas Butvilas 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Jacopo had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-2 6-4). During the match Berrettini scored 59 points vs Butvilas’s 51. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Berrettini was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Jacopo Berrettini conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Berrettini put 47% of his first serves in, winning 67% (18/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Italian has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Berrettini
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	19	62
Pts	67-51	223-185
Total Points	118	408
Winners	35	82
%Winners	52%	37%

Lajal played 1 match while Berrettini competed in 3 matches. Berrettini started his run from the qualifications while Lajal had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jacopo Berrettini lost 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 5 set(s) less than Berrettini (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lajal played 43 games less than Berrettini. Lajal scored 35 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 82 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Berrettini
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	0.7
1st in	46/65	118/195
%1st in	71%	61%
1st pts	35/46	82/118
%1st pts	76%	69%
2nd pts	12/19	40/77
%2nd pts	63%	52%

Lajal scored 3 aces . Berrettini managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Lajal won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Berrettini
Won	2	15
Converted	2/5	15/30
% Converted	40%	50%
Conceded	6	12
Saved	6	7
% Saved	100%	58%
Times Broken	0	5

The Estonian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Estonian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Jacopo broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Berrettini conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Dalla Valle	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-51	67-51
Total points	118	118
Winners	35	35
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	46/65	46/65
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	35/46	35/46
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Berrettini
	Q1 Kalyanpur	Q3 Potenza	R1 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-0 6-1	3-6 7-67 6-3	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	13	31	18	62
pts	54-25	110-109	59-51	223-185
Total points	79	219	110	408
Winners	17	47	18	82
%Winners	31%	43%	31%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	2
Double Faults	0	5	6	11
1st in	21/33	70/105	27/57	118/195
% 1st in	64%	67%	47%	61%
1st pts	17/21	47/70	18/27	82/118
% 1st pts	81%	67%	67%	69%
2nd pts	8/12	11/35	21/30	40/77
% 2nd pts	67%	31%	70%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6	3	15
Converted	6/8	6/16	3/6	15/30
Converted %	75%	38%	50%	50%
Conceded	1	9	2	12
Saved	1/1	4/9	2/2	7
Saved %	100%	44%	100%	244%
Times Broken	0	5	0	5

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