Mark Lajal and Remy Bertola will fight against each other in the quarter of the Orleans Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.36
Remy Bertola -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Remy Bertola

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

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 145 (career-high), Mark got to the quarter after beating Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(5) and Chris Rodesch 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Lajal had a good straight sets win against Rodesch (6-4 6-2). During the match, Lajal scored 65 points vs Rodesch’s 47. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajal blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve once. Furthermore, Lajal put 73% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Rodesch 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mark has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Lajal has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (173-109). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an overall47-30 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season 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 38-19 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Remy Bertola

Ranked no. 274, Remy reached the quarter after beating Karan Singh 6-2 6-0, Kenny de Schepper 7-6(4) 7-6(5), Calvin Hemery 5-0 ret. and Alexander Blockx 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Remy defeated Blockx (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-3). During the match Bertola scored 103 points vs Blockx’s 86. Bertola was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Bertola scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Remy Bertola was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (50/62) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Remy broke Blockx twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Swiss’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Loubet,M25 Lesa,M25 Sion and M25 Pozzuoli.

The Swiss has a compiled 42-24 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajal	Bertola
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	53	76
Pts	185-157	265-194
Total Points	342	459
Winners	91	107
%Winners	49%	40%

Lajal played 2 matches while Bertola competed in 4 matches. Bertola started his run from the qualifications while Lajal had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mark Lajal surrendered 1 set, while Remy Bertola dropped 1 set. Lajal has played 4 set(s) less than Bertola (5 vs 9). Therefore, Lajal played 23 games less than Bertola. Mark scored 91 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 107 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajal	Bertola
Aces	20	21
Avg per match	10	5.3
1st in	111/176	130/223
%1st in	63%	58%
1st pts	91/111	107/130
%1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	32/65	59/93
%2nd pts	49%	63%

Lajal managed to score 20 aces (10 per match). Bertola struck 21 aces (5.3 per match). Lajal won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Bertola won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajal	Bertola
Won	6	11
Converted	6/13	11/22
% Converted	46%	50%
Conceded	14	9
Saved	12	7
% Saved	86%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Lajal broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Mark lost his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Remy broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Remy conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajal
	R1 Durasovic	R2 Rodesch	Total
Score	6-3 6-73 7-65	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	18	53
pts	120-110	65-47	185-157
Total points	230	112	342
Winners	62	29	91
%Winners	52%	45%	49%
SERVE
Aces	13	7	20
Double Faults	6	2	8
1st in	76/128	35/48	111/176
% 1st in	59%	73%	63%
1st pts	62/76	29/35	91/111
% 1st pts	82%	83%	82%
2nd pts	26/52	6/13	32/65
% 2nd pts	50%	46%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/6	4/7	6/13
Converted %	33%	57%	46%
Conceded	13	1	14
Saved	12/13	0/1	12
Saved %	92%	0%	46%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Bertola
	Q1 Singh	Q3 de Schepper	R1 Hemery	R2 Blockx	Total
Score	6-2 6-0	7-64 7-65	5-0 ret.	6-3 6-74 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	1	3	8
Tot Games	14	26	5	31	76
pts	54-27	86-73	22-8	103-86	265-194
Total points	81	159	30	189	459
Winners	14	33	10	50	107
%Winners	26%	38%	45%	49%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	9	5	3	21
Double Faults	1	2	2	3	8
1st in	19/38	38/80	11/17	62/88	130/223
% 1st in	50%	48%	65%	70%	58%
1st pts	14/19	33/38	10/11	50/62	107/130
% 1st pts	74%	87%	91%	81%	82%
2nd pts	12/19	27/42	3/6	17/26	59/93
% 2nd pts	63%	64%	50%	65%	63%
Breaks
Won	6	1	2	2	11
Converted	6/10	1/1	2/4	2/7	11/22
Converted %	60%	100%	50%	29%	50%
Conceded	2	6	0	1	9
Saved	1/2	5/6	0/0	1/1	7
Saved %	50%	83%	–	100%	117%
Times Broken	1	1	0	0	2

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