Zizou Bergs and Mark Lajal will square off in the quarter of the Libema Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.77
Mark Lajal -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Mark Lajal

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

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 63, the Belgian got to the quarter after beating Alexander Blockx 6-3 1-6 7-6(3) and Alexei Popyrin 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round against Popyrin, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-2 7-6³). During the match, Bergs scored 133 points vs Popyrin’s 122. Bergs was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bergs blasted 7 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 5 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 48% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (32/66) on the 2nd serve. Bergs broke Popyrin 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.

Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (322-193). 2-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has an overall 21-9 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

Bergs’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Auckland.

The Belgian has a composed 21-13 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 195, Mark reached the quarter after beating Corentin Denolly 6-2 6-1, Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 6-3, Laslo Djere 6-2 6-4 and Hubert Hurkacz w/o.

In the 2^nd round, The Estonian defeated Hurkacz (w/o). During the match Lajal and Hurkacz scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 63 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Estonian was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Lajal was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mark Lajal conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Mark’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger and the Francavilla Challenger.

Lajal has a compiled 21-10 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bergs	Lajal
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	63	55
Pts	242-236	193-138
Total Points	478	331
Winners	94	84
%Winners	39%	44%

Bergs played 2 matches while Lajal competed in 3 matches. Lajal started his run from the qualifications while Bergs had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zizou Bergs lost 2 sets while Mark Lajal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Bergs and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Bergs played 8 games more than Lajal. Zizou scored 94 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mark bagged 84 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bergs	Lajal
Aces	12	12
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	134/253	103/149
%1st in	53%	69%
1st pts	94/134	84/103
%1st pts	70%	82%
2nd pts	52/119	32/46
%2nd pts	44%	70%

Bergs fired 12 aces (6 per match). Lajal fired 12 aces (4 per match). Bergs won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bergs	Lajal
Won	9	9
Converted	9/25	9/18
% Converted	36%	50%
Conceded	34	4
Saved	26	4
% Saved	76%	100%
Times Broken	8	0

Bergs broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zizou surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lajal was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Bergs
	R1 Blockx	R2 Popyrin	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 7-63	6-73 6-2 7-63
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	34	63
pts	109-114	133-122	242-236
Total points	223	255	478
Winners	54	40	94
%Winners	50%	30%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	7	12
Double Faults	12	11	23
1st in	72/125	62/128	134/253
% 1st in	58%	48%	53%
1st pts	54/72	40/62	94/134
% 1st pts	75%	65%	70%
2nd pts	20/53	32/66	52/119
% 2nd pts	38%	48%	44%
Breaks
Won	2	7	9
Converted	2/8	7/17	9/25
Converted %	25%	41%	36%
Conceded	16	18	34
Saved	13/16	13/18	26
Saved %	81%	72%	77%
Times Broken	3	5	8

Lajal
	Q1 Denolly	Q3 Opelka	R1 Djere	R2 Hurkacz	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	7-63 6-3	6-2 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	2	2	–	6
Tot Games	15	22	18	–	55
pts	64-39	64-52	65-47	–	193-138
Total points	103	116	112	–	331
Winners	19	37	28	–	84
%Winners	30%	58%	43%	–	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	3	–	12
Double Faults	2	0	2	–	4
1st in	24/38	43/59	36/52	–	103/149
% 1st in	63%	73%	69%	–	69%
1st pts	19/24	37/43	28/36	–	84/103
% 1st pts	79%	86%	78%	–	82%
2nd pts	10/14	12/16	10/16	–	32/46
% 2nd pts	71%	75%	63%	–	70%
Breaks
Won	5	1	3	–	9
Converted	5/13	1/1	3/4	–	9/18
Converted %	38%	100%	75%	–	50%
Conceded	0	0	4	–	4
Saved	0/0	0/0	4/4	–	4
Saved %	–	–	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0	–	0

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

• Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus – Zizou Bergs/Jesper De JongBergs/Jesper De Jong (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings

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