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.

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 -> 1.59
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

Mark Lajal

35 - 18win/loss

Hard
19-9
I Hard
5-2
Clay
6-4
Grass
5-3
Rank
146
High
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. 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

St. Tropez Challenger
Lajal's Record

Hugo Grenier

Hugo Grenier

29 - 27win/loss

Hard
21-14
I Hard
6-6
Clay
0-2
Grass
2-5
Rank
173
High
95
LWWLWWLWLW
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)

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Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.

St. Tropez Challenger
Grenier's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Lajal
H.Grenier
3h:03
3h:03
Time on court​
3h:30
3h:30
1h:56
1h:56
Last match​
!
2h:19
2h:19
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
50
50
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
131
131
Total points​
159
159
65.5
65.5
Avg point​
79.5
79.5
61
61
Winners
71
71
30.5
30.5
Avg Winners​
35.5
35.5
47%
47%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
20
20
5
5
Avg Aces
10
10
16
16
Double Faults
4
4
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
2
2
61/71
61/71
1st won total​
71/87
71/87
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
22/60
22/60
2nd won total​
26/51
26/51
!
37%
37%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
8/15
8/15
BP won
7/18
7/18
4/7.5
4/7.5
Avg BP won
3.5/9
3.5/9
!
53%
53%
Won
39%
39%
14
14
Conceded
7
7
7
7
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
11
11
Saved
4
4

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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