Jan-Lennard Struff and Mark Lajal will square off in the 2^nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.49
Mark Lajal -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Mark Lajal

This will be the 2^nd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Mark Lajal clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Struff won 7-6(1) 7-5 in the qualifications in Athens back in November 2025.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 100, the German reached the 2^nd round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 6-7(5) 7-6(1) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Zhukayev, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 7-6¹ 6-4). During the match, Struff scored 118 points vs Zhukayev’s 103. Jan-Lennard was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Regarding the service games, Struff blasted 18 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (52/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Struff broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Struff has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (315-260). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Struff has an overall 85-68 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Struff has a composed 23-28 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Struff has never competed in this tournament before.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 149, Lajal got to the 2^nd round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 3-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Blancaneaux, Mark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Lajal scored 92 points vs Blancaneaux’s 75. Mark was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Lajal made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mark Lajal was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lajal broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

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

Lajal has a composed 45-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Struff	Lajal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	24
Pts	118-103	92-75
Total Points	221	167
Winners	52	33
%Winners	44%	36%

Both Struff and Lajal played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jan-Lennard Struff surrendered 1 set, while Mark Lajal lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Struff and Lajal have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Struff played 12 games more than Lajal. The German scored 52 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mark scored 33 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Struff	Lajal
Aces	18	8
Avg per match	18	8
1st in	65/108	40/73
%1st in	60%	55%
1st pts	52/65	33/40
%1st pts	80%	83%
2nd pts	21/43	18/33
%2nd pts	49%	55%

Struff made 18 aces . Lajal scored 8 aces . Struff won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Lajal won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Struff	Lajal
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/12
% Converted	44%	33%
Conceded	9	2
Saved	6	1
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	3	1

Struff broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Struff lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Estonian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lajal conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Struff
	R1 Zhukayev	Total
Score	6-75 7-61 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	118-103	118-103
Total points	221	221
Winners	52	52
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	18	18
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	65/108	65/108
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	52/65	52/65
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	21/43	21/43
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Lajal
	R1 Blancaneaux	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	92-75	92-75
Total points	167	167
Winners	33	33
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	40/73	40/73
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	33/40	33/40
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	18/33	18/33
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Dan AddedAdded – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Billy HarrisHarris (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arjun Kadhe/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthKadhe/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – Alexander Donski/Denys MolchanovDonski/Denys Molchanov (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-7⁵ 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Szymon Kielan/Szymon WalkowKielan/Szymon Walkow – Mario Mansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol NavarroMansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol Navarro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-2 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Arthur GeaGea (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Tom ParisParis – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam BroadyBroady – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction