Mark Lajal and Justin Engel will play each other in the quarter of the Cassis Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.44
Justin Engel -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Justin Engel

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

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 147 (career-high), Mark got to the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-4 6-1 and Tom Paris 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Paris (7-5 6-4). During the match, Lajal scored 71 points vs Paris’s 62. Mark was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Paris 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mark hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (168-107). 17-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has a composed100-54 record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Andres Martin in the final 6-7(7) 7-5 7-6(9).

Lajal has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2025, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cassis Challenger

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 220, Engel reached the quarter after defeating Damien Salvestre 6-4 6-4, Felix Corwin 6-1 6-0, Jakub Paul 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-1 and Etienne Donnet 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Donnet (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match Engel scored 72 points vs Donnet’s 63. Justin was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Engel struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Justin Engel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Engel put 68% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Engel broke Donnet 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Justin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg.

Engel has an aggregate 29-26 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Engel
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	39	87
Pts	134-108	305-244
Total Points	242	549
Winners	48	117
%Winners	36%	38%

Lajal played 2 matches while Engel competed in 4 matches. Engel started his run from the qualifications while Lajal had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Justin Engel conceded 1 set while Mark Lajal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lajal has played 5 set(s) less than Engel (4 vs 9). Therefore, Lajal played 48 games less than Engel. Mark scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 117 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Engel
Aces	4	25
Avg per match	2	6.3
1st in	66/117	150/250
%1st in	56%	60%
1st pts	48/66	117/150
%1st pts	73%	78%
2nd pts	25/51	59/100
%2nd pts	49%	59%

Lajal bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Engel bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). Lajal won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Engel
Won	10	16
Converted	10/23	16/35
% Converted	43%	46%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	2	4
% Saved	33%	57%
Times Broken	4	3

Mark broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mark conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Justin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Janvier	R2 Paris	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	22	39
pts	63-46	71-62	134-108
Total points	109	133	242
Winners	18	30	48
%Winners	29%	42%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	2	5	7
1st in	27/45	39/72	66/117
% 1st in	60%	54%	56%
1st pts	18/27	30/39	48/66
% 1st pts	67%	77%	73%
2nd pts	9/18	16/33	25/51
% 2nd pts	50%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/15	4/8	10/23
Converted %	40%	50%	43%
Conceded	2	4	6
Saved	0/2	2/4	2
Saved %	0%	50%	25%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Engel
	Q1 Salvestre	Q3 Corwin	R1 Paul	R2 Donnet	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-1 6-0	6-73 7-65 6-1	7-65 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	20	13	33	21	87
pts	67-58	53-23	113-100	72-63	305-244
Total points	125	76	213	135	549
Winners	24	21	37	35	117
%Winners	36%	40%	33%	49%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	4	10	25
Double Faults	5	0	6	2	13
1st in	30/58	24/29	49/94	47/69	150/250
% 1st in	52%	83%	52%	68%	60%
1st pts	24/30	21/24	37/49	35/47	117/150
% 1st pts	80%	88%	76%	74%	78%
2nd pts	17/28	4/5	27/45	11/22	59/100
% 2nd pts	61%	80%	60%	50%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	6	5	3	16
Converted	2/10	6/9	5/10	3/6	16/35
Converted %	20%	67%	50%	50%	46%
Conceded	0	2	2	3	7
Saved	0/0	2/2	0/2	2/3	4
Saved %	–	100%	0%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	0	2	1	3

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