Eliot Spizzirri and Mark Lajal will square off in the 2^nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.63
Mark Lajal -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Mark Lajal

There is no head to head record between Eliot Spizzirri and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 103 (career-high), Spizzirri got to the 2^nd round after beating Jonas Forejtek 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Forejtek, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6³ 6-3). During the match, Spizzirri scored 88 points vs Forejtek’s 84. Eliot was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Eliot Spizzirri was very efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Forejtek twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Spizzirri has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (112-68). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Spizzirri has an aggregate19-10 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he overcame Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4 and the Jingshan Challenger where he defeated Alex Bolt in the final 6-4 6-4.

Spizzirri has a composed 48-28 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 147, Mark got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alexey Vatutin 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Vatutin, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6³ 6-4).During the match Lajal scored less points (1) than Vatutin. In fact, the world no. 103 won 100 points vs Vatutin’s. That means that Lajal was more focused during the important points. The Estonian was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Lajal recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Lajal lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Lajal put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (41/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Lajal broke Vatutin 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

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

Mark has a composed 42-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Lajal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
Pts	88-84	100-101
Total Points	172	201
Winners	47	41
%Winners	53%	41%

Both Spizzirri and Lajal played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Eliot Spizzirri conceded 1 set, while Mark Lajal conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Spizzirri and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (31). Eliot scored 47 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Lajal fired 41 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Lajal
Aces	8	12
Avg per match	8	12
1st in	61/81	64/100
%1st in	75%	64%
1st pts	47/61	41/64
%1st pts	77%	64%
2nd pts	12/20	17/36
%2nd pts	60%	47%

Spizzirri fired 8 aces . Lajal fired 12 aces . Spizzirri won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Lajal
Won	2	4
Converted	2/7	4/14
% Converted	29%	29%
Conceded	1	15
Saved	0	10
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	1	5

The American broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Eliot dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Forejtek	Total
Score	3-6 7-63 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	88-84	88-84
Total points	172	172
Winners	47	47
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	61/81	61/81
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	47/61	47/61
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Lajal
	R1 Vatutin	Total
Score	2-6 7-63 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	100-101	100-101
Total points	201	201
Winners	41	41
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	64/100	64/100
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	41/64	41/64
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	17/36	17/36
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	10/15	10
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	5	5

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