Mark Lajal and Strong Kirchheimer will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sumter Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.11
Strong Kirchheimer -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Strong Kirchheimer
There is no head to head record between Mark Lajal and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mark Lajal
30 - 15win/loss
148
145
WLWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-25 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 15-8 | 5-3 | 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. 150, Lajal will start his run in the Sumter Challenger after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 4-6 6-1 6-2 to Cazaux in the qualifications on the 6th of August.
The Estonian has a compiled 29-15 win-loss record in 2025, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Andres Martin in the final 6-7(7) 7-5 7-6(9).
Talking about his overall career, The Estonian has an overall 164-105 record. He has a positive 96-52 record on hard.
Previously in the Sumter Challenger
Lajal has never competed in this tournament before.
Strong Kirchheimer
15 - 24win/loss
692
375
LWLWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-39 | 15-22 | 5-7 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-32 | 15-19 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 660, Strong reached the 1st round after beating Jason Jung 6-3 5-4 ret. and Borna Gojo 6-4 6-3.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Southaven.
Strong has an aggregate 15-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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