Mark Lajal and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the St. Brieuc Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT STEREDENN. 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 -> 1.53
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 4th time that Mark Lajal and Pierre-Hugues Herbert clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Lajal (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lajal won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2023.
Mark Lajal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-23 | 27-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 160, Mark got to the 2nd round after beating Jacopo Berrettini 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (6-3 6-1). During the match, Lajal scored 66 points vs Berrettini’s 40. Mark was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajal managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Mark Lajal was quite efficient on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Estonian broke Berrettini 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Lajal has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (185-120). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajal has an aggregate59-39 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Mark has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2026, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Brieuc Challenger
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-18 | 5-5 | 5-8 | 5-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Raphael Perot 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pierre-Hugues had a good straight sets win against Perot (6-4 6-4). During the match Herbert scored 65 points vs Perot’s 57. Herbert was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Perot twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The French player has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajal | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-40 | 65-57 |
| Total Points | 106 | 122 |
| Winners | 21 | 27 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Both Lajal and Herbert played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajal and Herbert have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajal played 4 games less than Herbert. Lajal scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The French player blasted 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajal | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 37/64 |
| %1st in | 54% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 27/37 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 67% |
Lajal managed to score 5 aces . Herbert scored 12 aces . Lajal won 95% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajal | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Mark broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mark extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Herbert broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Herbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Lajal | |||
| R1 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-40 | 66-40 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Perot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-57 | 65-57 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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