Jaime Faria and Mark Lajal will square off in the quarter of the Sumter Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.55
Jaime Faria -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Mark Lajal

This will be the 2^nd time that Jaime Faria and Mark Lajal face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Faria (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Faria won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 124, Faria got to the quarter after beating Hady Habib 6-7(9) 6-1 7-5 and Kaylan Bigun 3-6 6-0 4-1 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Bigun, Jaime had a free pass after Bigun retired on a 3-6 6-0 4-1 . scoreline.

Faria has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (174-108). 6-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Faria has an overall90-44 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Portuguese has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

Faria has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 150, the Estonian got to the quarter after beating Strong Kirchheimer 1-6 6-3 7-5 and Zizou Bergs 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Mark had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-4 6-3). During the match Lajal scored 63 points vs Bergs’s 50. Lajal was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Lajal fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Bergs 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mark has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

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).

Mark has an aggregate 31-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Faria	Lajal
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	7	5
Tot Games	52	47
Pts	190-147	144-138
Total Points	337	282
Winners	77	65
%Winners	41%	45%

Both Faria and Lajal played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaime Faria lost 2 sets, while Mark Lajal conceded 1 set. Faria has played 2 sets more than Lajal (7 vs 5). Therefore, Faria played 5 games more than Lajal. The Portuguese scored 77 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lajal scored 65 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Faria	Lajal
Aces	26	5
Avg per match	13	2.5
1st in	92/161	87/144
%1st in	57%	60%
1st pts	77/92	65/87
%1st pts	84%	75%
2nd pts	31/69	27/57
%2nd pts	45%	47%

Faria made 26 aces (13 per match). Lajal scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Faria won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Faria	Lajal
Won	10	6
Converted	10/20	6/12
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	7	8
Saved	3	4
% Saved	43%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Faria broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Faria dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Faria
	R1 Habib	R2 Bigun	Total
Score	6-79 6-1 7-5	3-6 6-0 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	20	52
pts	116-88	74-59	190-147
Total points	204	133	337
Winners	48	29	77
%Winners	41%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	17	9	26
Double Faults	6	7	13
1st in	58/98	34/63	92/161
% 1st in	59%	54%	57%
1st pts	48/58	29/34	77/92
% 1st pts	83%	85%	84%
2nd pts	22/40	9/29	31/69
% 2nd pts	55%	31%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/9	10/20
Converted %	45%	56%	50%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	3/5	0/2	3
Saved %	60%	0%	30%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Lajal
	R1 Kirchheimer	R2 Bergs	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 7-5	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	19	47
pts	81-88	63-50	144-138
Total points	169	113	282
Winners	36	29	65
%Winners	44%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	9	2	11
1st in	48/83	39/61	87/144
% 1st in	58%	64%	60%
1st pts	36/48	29/39	65/87
% 1st pts	75%	74%	75%
2nd pts	17/35	10/22	27/57
% 2nd pts	49%	45%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/6	4/6	6/12
Converted %	33%	67%	50%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	3/5	1/3	4
Saved %	60%	33%	47%
Times Broken	2	2	4

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