Dominic Stricker and Marko Topo will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Villena Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stricker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Stricker is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Stricker -> 1.37
Marko Topo -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stricker vs. Marko Topo
This will be the 3rd time that Dominic Stricker and Marko Topo clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Topo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Topo won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Tulln Challenger back in 2025.
Dominic Stricker
38 - 15win/loss
263
88
WLWLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-15 | 1-0 | 20-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
| 2025 | 21-21 | 0-5 | 11-9 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 4-1 |
| 2024 | 12-15 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-25 | 8-3 | 8-5 | 14-13 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 2-5 | 8-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264, Stricker reached the qualifications after beating Enrique Carrascosa Diaz 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Stricker had a good straight sets win against Carrascosa Diaz (6-3 7-5). During the match, Stricker scored 76 points vs Carrascosa Diaz’s 60. Stricker was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Stricker made 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Dominic Stricker was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Carrascosa Diaz 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Stricker has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (178-126). 1-0 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Stricker has a composed18-20 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Sion Challenger where he overcame Benjamin Hassan in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.
The Swiss has an overall 38-15 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-23 | 2-1 | 16-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-23 | 7-1 | 30-15 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 33-23 | 9-4 | 23-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 26-28 | 8-6 | 12-13 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 327, Topo got to the qualifications after beating Niels Visker 7-5 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Topo had a good straight sets win against Visker (7-5 7-65). During the match Topo scored 80 points vs Visker’s 71. Marko was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Topo managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marko Topo was very effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Visker once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
The Serbian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Zlatibor.
Marko has an aggregate 21-23 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stricker | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 76-60 | 80-71 |
| Total Points | 136 | 151 |
| Winners | 29 | 39 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Stricker and Topo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stricker and Topo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Stricker played 4 games less than Topo. Stricker scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Marko made 39 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stricker | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 48/71 |
| %1st in | 53% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 39/48 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 70% |
Stricker recorded 4 aces . Topo recorded 4 aces . Stricker won 85% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stricker | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 27% | 25% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Stricker broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Swiss pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Serbian broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Topo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Stricker | |||
| Q1 Carrascosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 76-60 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 34/64 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Topo | |||
| Q1 Visker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 80-71 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/71 | 48/71 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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