Mark Lajal and Alex Molcan will face off in the 2^nd round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT SAINT-TROPEZ. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.83
Alex Molcan -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Alex Molcan

There is no head to head record

between Mark Lajal and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 156, Mark reached the 2^nd round after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Gueymard Wayenburg (6-2 6-3). During the match, Lajal scored 54 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s 41. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajal made 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mark Lajal conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Gueymard Wayenburg 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Lajal has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (169-108). 18-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an overall101-55 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

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

Mark has an aggregate 34-18 win-loss record in 2025, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 203, Molcan reached the 2^nd round after defeating Michael Geerts 7-6(5) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Geerts (7-6⁵ 6-1). During the match Molcan scored 82 points vs Geerts’s 65. Molcan was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Molcan bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molcan broke Geerts twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Sofia 2 Challenger where he defeated Joel Schwaerzler in the final 7-5 6-4 and the Istanbul Challenger where he beat Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.

Molcan has an aggregate 45-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Molcan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	20
Pts	54-41	82-65
Total Points	95	147
Winners	31	37
%Winners	57%	45%

Both Lajal and Molcan played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 3 games less than Molcan. Lajal scored 31 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 37 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Molcan
Aces	4	9
Avg per match	4	9
1st in	35/55	46/65
%1st in	64%	71%
1st pts	31/35	37/46
%1st pts	89%	80%
2nd pts	7/20	10/19
%2nd pts	35%	53%

Lajal bagged 4 aces . Molcan managed to score 9 aces . Lajal won 89% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Molcan
Won	3	2
Converted	3/4	2/7
% Converted	75%	29%
Conceded	3	2
Saved	3	2
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Lajal broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Lajal quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Molcan broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Lajal
	R1 Gueymard	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	54-41	54-41
Total points	95	95
Winners	31	31
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	35/55	35/55
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	31/35	31/35
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	7/20	7/20
% 2nd pts	35%	35%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Molcan
	R1 Geerts	Total
Score	7-65 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	82-65	82-65
Total points	147	147
Winners	37	37
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	46/65	46/65
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	37/46	37/46
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	10/19	10/19
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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