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ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Indoor Oeiras Open 1

Mark LajalvsDaniel Merida

January 20, 2026H Hard

Match Result

Final score & match stats

#166Mark Lajal[Q]

#83Daniel Merida[6]

LajalMerida

1st Serve %60%50%

1st Serve Won96%62%

2nd Serve Won56%33%

Serve Pts Won80%48%

BP Saved0/00/4

Return Pts Won52%20%

Total Pts Won66%34%

Winners129

Unforced Errors1324

Aces52

Double Faults06

Archetype Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Lajal

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Merida

🏃 Pusher

Extreme retrievalLow error rateFrustrates opponentsDefensive baseline play

Matchup analysis

The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 70% vs 🏃 Pusher across 574 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Mark Lajal here.

Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Lajal	Merida
W-L	10–5	11–7
Avg odds	1.82	1.90
ROI %	+4.8%	+1.9%
Units P/L	+0.72u	+0.34u

Head-to-Head

Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting

Lajal

Merida

Jan 20, 2026

Indoor Oeiras Open 1

H Hard · Round of 32

Lajal

Full head-to-head & rivalry stats

Common Opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Across 6 shared opponents, both Lajal and Merida posted a 67% win rate.

Opponent	Lajal	Merida
Dane Sweeny	W 75 63	W 63 46 63
Fajing Sun	L 63 36 46	W 63 64
Ethan Quinn	W 36 64 64	L 36 16
Jan Choinski	W 36 64 63	W 63 75
Hugo Grenier	W 64 57 64	L 46 67
Jaime Faria	L 75 46 67	W 46 75 64

Mechanics

Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days

Stat	Lajal	Merida
Serve
1st Serve In %	62%	65.7%
1st Serve Pts Won %	74.6%	66.7%
2nd Serve Pts Won %	52.8%	45.9%
Aces / Match	7	2
Double Faults / Match	2.6	3.2
Break Points Saved %	52.9%	53.9%
Return
1st Return Pts Won %	30.3%	30.6%
2nd Return Pts Won %	51.4%	53.5%
BP Converted %	30.4%	39.4%
Rally
Winners / Match	27.3	25.1
Unforced Errors / Match	40.8	28.4
Net Pts Won %	71.7%	72.6%
Total Pts Won %	51.8%	48.8%
Surface (Hard)
Hard Win %	67%	0%

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Lajal

WLWLL

Michael Zheng

Lexus Ilkley Open · Round of 32

7⁷6⁵

Jun 10

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Dublin Challenger · Round of 32

7⁷6³

Jun 8

Anton Matusevich

Lexus Ilkley Open · 1st Round Qualifying

6⁶7⁸

Jun 8

Paul Jubb

Lexus Ilkley Open · 2nd Round Qualifying

6⁷7⁹

7⁷6⁵

Jun 8

Yunchaokete Bu

Lexus Birmingham Open · Quarterfinals

Jun 5

Merida

LLWWW

Martin Damm

HSBC Championships · 1st Round Qualifying

Jun 13

Henrique Rocha

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Final

7⁷6⁵

Jun 7

Andrea Pellegrino

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Semifinals

Jun 6

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Quarterfinals

Jun 5

Liam Broady

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 16

Jun 3