Mark Lajal

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Mark Lajal
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Lajal at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Born (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 21)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachWayne Black, Karl Kiur Saar
Prize money$148,301
Singles
Career record3–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 191 (20 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 224 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2025)
French Open Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 710 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 710 (9 September 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 1–3
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Mark Lajal (born 12 May 2003) is an Estonian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 191, achieved on 20 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 710, achieved on 9 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Estonian player. [1]

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He has won three ITF singles titles and a Challenger title. [2]

On the junior tour, he had a career high ITF combined ranking of No. 13, achieved on 30 August 2021.

Lajal represents Estonia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–2. [3]

Career

2023: Maiden Challenger title, ATP debut and first win, top 200

He won his first Challenger title in Little Rock, Arkansas. He became the first Estonian to win a Challenger title before his 21st birthday and Estonia’s second ever Challenger champion. [4] [5] [6]

Ranked No. 229 on his ATP debut, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 European Open and defeated Jaume Munar for his first ATP win. [7] He then lost to 4th seed and eventual finalist Arthur Fils in the second round.

As a lucky loser at the Bergamo Challenger, Lajal beat Jelle Sels, Ugo Blanchet and the opponent he lost to in qualifying, Pierre-Hugues Herbert to reach the semifinals, where he lost to David Goffin in 3 sets. As a result, he made his debut in the top 200.

2024: Grand Slam debut

In July, ranked No. 262, Lajal made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon after a successful qualifying campaign in which he ousted 25th qualifying seed Francesco Passaro, Henrique Rocha and fourth seed James Duckworth. He became the first Estonian man to reach a Grand Slam main draw since Jürgen Zopp at the 2018 Roland Garros. [8] [9] He lost in straight sets to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz on his debut. [10] [11]

In August, Lajal reached his second career Challenger final in Zhangjiagang, losing to Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final. [12]

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters.

Tournament 2023 2024 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
French Open A Q1 0 / 00–00%
Wimbledon A 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open Q1 0 / 00–050%
Win–loss0–00–10 / 10–10%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Miami Open A0 / 00–0 – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid Open A0 / 00–0 – 
Italian Open A0 / 00–0 – 
Canadian Open A0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Shanghai Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Paris Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0 – 
Career statistics
20232024Career
Tournaments101
Titles000
Finals000
Overall win–loss1–10–02–3
Year-end ranking20640%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2023 Little Rock, USAChallengerHard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Beibit Zhukayev 6–4, 7–5
Loss1–1 Aug 2024 Zhangjiagang, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Yasutaka Uchiyama 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 2–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2022M15 Heraklion, GreeceWTTHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Palan6–4, 6–3
Win2–0Aug 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of France.svg Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss2–1Aug 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Te Rigele 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss2–2Sep 2022M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceWTTHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore 3–6, 0–6
Win3–2Dec 2022M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Yunchaokete 6–4, 6–1

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