H2H, prediction of Mark Lajal vs Valentin Vacherot in Francavilla Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 10th May 2025

PREVIEW. Francavilla Challenger. Lajal and Vacherot will play each other in the semifinal of the Francavilla Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 10th of May

Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Valentin Vacherot

Mark Lajal and Valentin Vacherot will play each other in the semifinal of the Francavilla Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.45
Mark Lajal -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Valentin Vacherot

There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Valentin Vacherot since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal

17 - 7win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
5-2
Clay
6-2
Rank
195
High
191
LWWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-11 6-3 6-4 5-2 4-2 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 semifinal after defeating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-3 6-4, Jacopo Berrettini 7-5 7-5 and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, Mark had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-1 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 65 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 41. Mark was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajal fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Sanchez Jover 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lajal hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (152-97). 6-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajal has an overall13-15 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

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

Lajal has a compiled 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Francavilla Challenger

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

Lajal
Francavilla Challenger
Lajal's Record

Valentin Vacherot

Valentin Vacherot
Valentin Vacherot

21 - 11win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-5
Rank
267
High
110
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-14 6-6 18-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 34-13 19-3 15-9 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 55-32 6-4 49-25 0-3 0-0 0-0
2022 46-22 27-12 18-8 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 39-14 36-8 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 262, Valentin reached the semifinal after defeating Clement Chidekh 6-1 6-0, Alexey Vatutin 6-3 7-5 and Elias Ymer 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Ymer, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Vacherot scored 98 points vs Ymer’s 83. The Monegasque was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot made 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Ymer 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valentin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Monegasque has a composed 21-11 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Vacherot
Francavilla Challenger
Vacherot's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Lajal
V.Vacherot
4h:52
4h:52
Time on court​
5h:00
5h:00
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
3
3
Match played
3
3
60
60
Games Played​
61
61
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
224
224
Total points​
233
233
74.7
74.7
Avg point​
77.7
77.7
89
89
Winners
86
86
29.7
29.7
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
2.7
2.7
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
7
7
Double Faults
6
6
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
89/137
89/137
1st won total​
86/116
86/116
65%
65%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
40/69
40/69
2nd won total​
44/78
44/78
58%
58%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
13/30
13/30
BP won
14/24
14/24
4.3/10
4.3/10
Avg BP won
4.7/8
4.7/8
43%
43%
Won
!
58%
58%
20
20
Conceded
20
20
6.7
6.7
Avg Conceded
6.7
6.7
6
6
Broken
5
5
2
2
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
14
14
Saved
15
15

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajal Vacherot
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 7
Tot Games 60 61
Pts 224-177 233-171
Total Points 401 404
Winners 89 86
%Winners 40% 37%

Both Lajal and Vacherot played 3 matches. At the moment, Valentin Vacherot conceded 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajal has played 1 set(s) less than Vacherot (6 vs 7). Therefore, Lajal played 1 game less than Vacherot. The Estonian scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Vacherot bagged 86 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajal Vacherot
Aces 8 10
Avg per match 2.7 3.3
1st in 137/206 116/194
%1st in 67% 60%
1st pts 89/137 86/116
%1st pts 65% 74%
2nd pts 40/69 44/78
%2nd pts 58% 56%

Lajal made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Vacherot blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Lajal won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 74% of the points behind 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 Lajal Vacherot
Won 13 14
Converted 13/30 14/24
% Converted 43% 58%
Conceded 20 20
Saved 14 15
% Saved 70% 75%
Times Broken 6 5

Lajal broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Estonian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Vacherot broke his opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. Vacherot conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
R1
Dalla Valle
R2
Berrettini
1/4
Sanchez
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-5 7-5 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 24 17 60
pts 67-51 92-85 65-41 224-177
Total points 118 177 106 401
Winners 35 30 24 89
%Winners 52% 33% 37% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4 8
Double Faults 1 4 2 7
1st in 46/65 56/88 35/53 137/206
% 1st in 71% 64% 66% 67%
1st pts 35/46 30/56 24/35 89/137
% 1st pts 76% 54% 69% 65%
2nd pts 12/19 15/32 13/18 40/69
% 2nd pts 63% 47% 72% 58%
Breaks
Won 2 7 4 13
Converted 2/5 7/17 4/8 13/30
Converted % 40% 41% 50% 43%
Conceded 6 11 3 20
Saved 6/6 6/11 2/3 14
Saved % 100% 55% 67% 74%
Times Broken 0 5 1 6
Vacherot
R1
Chidekh
R2
Vatutin
1/4
Ymer
Total
Score 6-1 6-0 6-3 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 13 21 27 61
pts 59-27 76-61 98-83 233-171
Total points 86 137 181 404
Winners 28 25 33 86
%Winners 47% 33% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 2 2 10
Double Faults 2 4 0 6
1st in 37/49 31/61 48/84 116/194
% 1st in 76% 51% 57% 60%
1st pts 28/37 25/31 33/48 86/116
% 1st pts 76% 81% 69% 74%
2nd pts 7/12 16/30 21/36 44/78
% 2nd pts 58% 53% 58% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 4 5 14
Converted 5/8 4/7 5/9 14/24
Converted % 63% 57% 56% 58%
Conceded 8 3 9 20
Saved 8/8 1/3 6/9 15
Saved % 100% 33% 67% 67%
Times Broken 0 2 3 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Lajal
LWWWLWLLWW
Vacherot
LWLWLWWWWL
2025 2024 2023
21 - 11
22 - 14
6-3
Hard
6-6
5-2
I Hard
0-0
6-4
Clay
16-8
4-2
Grass
0-0

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