Mark Lajal and Carlos Sanchez Jover will play each other in the quarter of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 -> 1.6
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
| 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. 217, Lajal reached the quarter after defeating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-3 6-4 and Jacopo Berrettini 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (7-5 7-5). During the match, Lajal scored 92 points vs Berrettini’s 85. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 54% (30/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Berrettini 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (151-97). 5-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an overall12-15 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Lajal’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
The Estonian has an aggregate 16-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Francavilla Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-11 | 0-0 | 27-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, Sanchez got to the quarter after defeating Lorenzo Carboni 6-3 4-6 6-3 and Mathys Erhard 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Erhard (6-4 6-3). During the match Sanchez scored 60 points vs Erhard’s 43. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Carlos Sanchez Jover was quite effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sanchez broke Erhard 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Carlos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Valencia.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 26-8 win-loss record in 2025, 26-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 47 |
| Pts | 159-136 | 149-125 |
| Total Points | 295 | 274 |
| Winners | 65 | 52 |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% |
Both Lajal and Sanchez played 2 matches. At the moment, Carlos Sanchez Jover surrendered 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t lost a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lajal played 4 games less than Sanchez. Mark scored 65 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos bagged 52 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 102/153 | 79/136 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 65/102 | 52/79 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 30/57 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Lajal struck 4 aces (2 per match). Sanchez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lajal won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 41% | 48% |
| Conceded | 17 | 12 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Lajal broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Lajal lost his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Sanchez conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Dalla Valle |
R2 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 92-85 | 159-136 | |
| Total points | 118 | 177 | 295 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 56/88 | 102/153 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 64% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 30/56 | 65/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 54% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 15/32 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 7/17 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 55% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Sanchez | ||||
| R1 Carboni |
R2 Erhard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| pts | 89-82 | 60-43 | 149-125 | |
| Total points | 171 | 103 | 274 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/80 | 32/56 | 79/136 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/47 | 24/32 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 75% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/24 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 63% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/8 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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