Have a look at the bio, age, height and ranking of Mark Lajal
Mark Lajal is an upcoming tennis player who is all set to face off against World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz in the first round of the Wimbledon 2024, find out more about him below.
Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz is all set to begin his Wimbledon title defence with an opening-round clash against Mark Lajal.
Who is Mark Lajal, bio, age, height, nationality, coach, tennis ranking, prize money earnings and net worth
The match will take place centre court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
Notably, it’ll be the first-ever meeting of the pair, and it will start off at 1:30PM local time (6PM IST).
Mark Lajal bio
Mark Lajal is an upcoming Estonian professional tennis player who was born on May 12, 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia. Lajal currently has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 191, which he achieved on November 20, 2023. Lajal is a right-handed player and comes from a family with a background in motorsports.
His father, Mart, was a famous motocross racer while his grandfather was a rally driver. Unlike his father, Lajal’s mother, Merilyn, was not a big fan of motocross races and encouraged Lajal to play tennis. Notably, Lajal left his home in the Estonian capital of Tallinn at the age of 15 to train at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy.
Age and height
Mark Lajal is currently 21 years old and stands at a height of 191 cm (6 ft 3 in).
Coach
Mark Lajal currently trains under coach Thomas Le Boulch.
Rankings
Given below are Mark Lajal’s various rankings:
| Ranking | Date |
| Career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 191 | November 20, 2023 |
| Career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 875 | June 24, 2024 |
| No. 1 Estonian player | |
| One of only three Estonian men currently in Top 1000 ATP Rankings | |
| Currently 269th in the world rankings |
Prize money
Mark Lajal has so far won a total prize money of $148,301.
Career
Mark Lajal started off his tennis journey in the junior ITF circuit, where he had a career-high ranking of 13. Following a successful junior circuit career, he made his senior ITF event debut in August 2021. The following year, he won three titles on the ITF circuit, including a massive 25k USD prize in Monastir. By 2022, Lajal made his debut in the ATP Challenger Tour in Vilnius, Lithuania. He qualified for the main draw before eventually losing out in the second round.
Just one year later in 2023, Lajal made his debut final in Little Rock, Arkansas where he defeated Kazakhstan’s Beibit Zhukayev with a score of 6-4, 7-5 to lift the title. In doing so, he became just the second-ever man from Estonia to win a title at this level ever-since Zopp.
The 21-year-old then made his Tour-level debut last year after winning a main-draw wildcard for the European Open. Lajal is all set to become the first Estonian man ever-since Zopp in the French Open, 2018, to feature in the main draw of a Slam. Moreover, he will also set the same record at Wimbledon, where Zopp played in 2014.
Wimbledon 2024 how to watch live in India
Fans in India can watch the live telecast of the upcoming clash between Mark Lajal and Carlos Alcaraz on the Star Sports Network. Meanwhile, they can watch the live streaming on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.