Mark Lajal and Alexey Vatutin will play each other in the 1^st round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am 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 Mark Lajal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mark Lajal is the pick to win this match.
Mark Lajal -> 1.33
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.98

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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Alexey Vatutin

This will be the 3^rd time that Mark Lajal and Alexey Vatutin play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Lajal won 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Brest Challenger back in October 2025.

Mark Lajal

Ranked no. 146, the Estonian will start his run in the Bergamo Challenger after he played his last match in the Lyon Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Struff in the 2^nd round on the 12^th of November.

The Estonian has an overall 45-25 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, The Estonian has an overall 180-115 record. He has a positive 54-36 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Bergamo Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Alexey Vatutin

Ranked no. 383, the Russian reached the 1^st round after beating Ivan Liutarevich 6-2 6-2

and Andrea Guerrieri 6-2 6-4.

Vatutin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Koszalin and M25 Poznan.

The Russian has an overall 38-28 win-loss record in 2025, 11-12 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger

• Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri – Pierluigi BasileBasile (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Justin EngelEngel – Hamish StewartStewart (2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Michele RibecaiRibecai (7-6⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nerman FaticFatic – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 6-6 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Milos KarolKarol – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo SciahbasiSciahbasi – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (3-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander DonskiDonski – Fausto TabaccoTabacco (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marko TopoTopo – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-6³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Matej DodigDodig (6-3 3-6 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Billy HarrisHarris (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction