Mark Lajal and Hugo Grenier will clash against each other in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 3 sets.
Mark Lajal -> 1.59
Hugo Grenier -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Hugo Grenier
This will be the 2nd time that Mark Lajal and Hugo Grenier clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Grenier won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2024.
Mark Lajal
35 - 18win/loss
146
145
| 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. 156, Lajal got to the quarter after defeating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-2 6-3 and Alex Molcan 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Molcan, Mark had a free pass after Molcan retired on a 4-6 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Lajal has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (170-108). 19-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an overall102-55 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Andres Martin in the final 6-7(7) 7-5 7-6(9).
The Estonian has an aggregate 35-18 win-loss record in 2025, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Hugo Grenier
29 - 27win/loss
173
95
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 30-18 | 0-2 | 9-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-33 | 25-15 | 2-8 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-8 | 7-10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-35 | 21-14 | 9-10 | 1-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 22-9 | 9-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, Hugo got to the quarter after beating Trey Hilderbrand 6-4 6-1 and Edas Butvilas 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Butvilas, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-4). During the match Grenier scored 97 points vs Butvilas’s 91. Grenier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Grenier managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Hugo Grenier was very efficient on serve to win 78% (43/55) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The French player broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hugo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Hugo’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 29-27 win-loss record in 2025, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 50 |
| Pts | 131-107 | 159-134 |
| Total Points | 238 | 293 |
| Winners | 61 | 71 |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% |
Both Lajal and Grenier played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal conceded 1 set, while Hugo Grenier conceded 1 set. Lajal has played 1 set more than Grenier (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Lajal played 11 games less than Grenier. Lajal scored 61 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Grenier fired 71 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 71/131 | 87/138 |
| %1st in | 54% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 61/71 | 71/87 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 22/60 | 26/51 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 51% |
Lajal fired 10 aces (5 per match). Grenier struck 20 aces (10 per match). Lajal won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Grenier won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 53% | 39% |
| Conceded | 14 | 7 |
| Saved | 11 | 4 |
| % Saved | 79% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Lajal broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Hugo broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajal | ||||
| R1 Gueymard | R2 Molcan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 54-41 | 77-66 | 131-107 | |
| Total points | 95 | 143 | 238 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 39% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 36/76 | 71/131 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 47% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 30/36 | 61/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 83% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 15/40 | 22/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 38% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/11 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 8/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 73% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Grenier | ||||
| R1 Hilderbrand | R2 Butvilas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 97-91 | 159-134 | |
| Total points | 105 | 188 | 293 | |
| Winners | 28 | 43 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 55/92 | 87/138 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 43/55 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 78% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 19/37 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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