Mark Lajal and Yu Hsiou Hsu will face off in the semifinal of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.363
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu

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

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 181, the Estonian reached the semifinal after beating Omar Jasika 6-0 6-3, August Holmgren 6-1 6-2 and Arthur Fery 6-1 5-7 6-3.

In the quarter, The Estonian defeated Fery (6-1 5-7 6-3). During the match, Lajal scored 91 points vs Fery’s 75. Lajal was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lajal broke Fery 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (161-103). 10-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajal has an aggregate93-50 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

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

Mark has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 236, the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3 6-4, Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-2 and Tung-Lin Wu 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4).

In the quarter, Hsiou defeated Wu (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁴).During the match Hsiou scored less points (6) than Wu. In fact, the world no. 181 won 119 points vs Wu’s. That means that Hsiou was more focused during the important points. Hsiou was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Hsiou bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Wu 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Hsiou’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Timaru.

Hsiou has a compiled 27-19 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Hsiou
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	58	71
Pts	199-131	250-224
Total Points	330	474
Winners	91	101
%Winners	46%	40%

Both Lajal and Hsiou played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal dropped 1 set, while Yu Hsiou Hsu surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Lajal played 13 games less than Hsiou. Mark scored 91 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou blasted 101 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Hsiou
Aces	14	17
Avg per match	4.7	5.7
1st in	110/169	140/223
%1st in	65%	63%
1st pts	91/110	101/140
%1st pts	83%	72%
2nd pts	31/59	48/83
%2nd pts	53%	58%

Lajal struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Hsiou bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Lajal won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Hsiou
Won	13	8
Converted	13/22	8/27
% Converted	59%	30%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	4	6
% Saved	67%	60%
Times Broken	2	4

The Estonian broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Mark lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Jasika	R2 Holmgren	1/4 Fery	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	6-1 6-2	6-1 5-7 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	15	15	28	58
pts	55-27	53-29	91-75	199-131
Total points	82	82	166	330
Winners	25	28	38	91
%Winners	45%	53%	42%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	5	14
Double Faults	0	3	2	5
1st in	27/38	32/47	51/84	110/169
% 1st in	71%	68%	61%	65%
1st pts	25/27	28/32	38/51	91/110
% 1st pts	93%	88%	75%	83%
2nd pts	7/11	7/15	17/33	31/59
% 2nd pts	64%	47%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	13
Converted	4/6	4/5	5/11	13/22
Converted %	67%	80%	45%	59%
Conceded	0	0	6	6
Saved	0/0	0/0	4/6	4
Saved %	–	–	67%	22%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Hsiou
	R1 Basavareddy	R2 Mayo	1/4 Wu	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-2	7-65 3-6 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	17	35	71
pts	68-52	63-47	119-125	250-224
Total points	120	110	244	474
Winners	30	23	48	101
%Winners	44%	37%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	5	17
Double Faults	1	1	4	6
1st in	35/55	33/52	72/116	140/223
% 1st in	64%	63%	62%	63%
1st pts	30/35	23/33	48/72	101/140
% 1st pts	86%	70%	67%	72%
2nd pts	11/20	14/19	23/44	48/83
% 2nd pts	55%	74%	52%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	3	3	8
Converted	2/6	3/8	3/13	8/27
Converted %	33%	38%	23%	30%
Conceded	0	0	10	10
Saved	0/0	0/0	6/10	6
Saved %	–	–	60%	20%
Times Broken	0	0	4	4

Tennis Scores in Bloomfield Hills Challenger

• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Yi ZhouZhou (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Arthur FeryFery (6-1 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Stefan Dostanic/Benjamin KittayDostanic/Benjamin Kittay – Anirudh Chandrasekar/Ramkumar RamanathanChandrasekar/Ramkumar Ramanathan (4-6 6-4 10-7) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao HuangHsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao Huang – Blake Bayldon/Trey HilderbrandBayldon/Trey Hilderbrand (0-6 6-4 10-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction