August Holmgren and Mark Lajal will face off in the 2^nd round of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is August Holmgren who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.86
Mark Lajal -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head August Holmgren vs. Mark Lajal

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

August Holmgren

Ranked no. 146 (career-high), the Dane reached the 2^nd round after beating Garrett Johns 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Holmgren had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-1 6-4). During the match, Holmgren scored 58 points vs Johns’s 43. August was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Holmgren managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. August Holmgren was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Holmgren broke Johns 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Holmgren has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (196-109). 9-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holmgren has an aggregate122-55 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Granby Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-3 6-3.

August has a composed 17-15 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Holmgren has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 181, Lajal reached the 2^nd round after beating Omar Jasika 6-0 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-0 6-3). During the match Lajal scored 55 points vs Jasika’s 27. Mark was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajal blasted 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mark Lajal was exceptionally effective on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mark broke Jasika 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

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

Lajal has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Holmgren	Lajal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	15
Pts	58-43	55-27
Total Points	101	82
Winners	23	25
%Winners	40%	45%

Both Holmgren and Lajal played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Holmgren and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Holmgren played 2 games more than Lajal. August scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mark fired 25 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Holmgren	Lajal
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	3	5
1st in	25/47	27/38
%1st in	53%	71%
1st pts	23/25	25/27
%1st pts	92%	93%
2nd pts	14/22	7/11
%2nd pts	64%	64%

Holmgren blasted 3 aces . Lajal bagged 5 aces . Holmgren won 92% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Holmgren	Lajal
Won	3	4
Converted	3/8	4/6
% Converted	38%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

August broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Dane was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mark broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Estonian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Holmgren
	R1 Johns	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-43	58-43
Total points	101	101
Winners	23	23
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	25/47	25/47
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	23/25	23/25
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	14/22	14/22
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Lajal
	R1 Jasika	Total
Score	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	55-27	55-27
Total points	82	82
Winners	25	25
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	27/38	27/38
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	25/27	25/27
% 1st pts	93%	93%
2nd pts	7/11	7/11
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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