Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Marko Topo will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Dragos Nicolae Madaras who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dragos Nicolae Madaras is the pick to win this match.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 1.65
Marko Topo -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Dragos Nicolae Madaras vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
74 - 16win/loss
227
191
LWLLWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74-16 | 0-0 | 73-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-2 | 40-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 83-31 | 9-3 | 74-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 2-1 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Nicolae Madaras had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-2 6-1). During the match, Nicolae Madaras scored 54 points vs Cecchinato’s 31. Dragos was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nicolae Madaras struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dragos Nicolae Madaras was very effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Cecchinato 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nicolae Madaras has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (324-164). 73-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nicolae Madaras has an overall295-138 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Antalya,M25 Varnamo,M15 Nyiregyhaza and M25 Brasov.
Dragos has a composed 74-15 win-loss record in 2023, 73-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 4-5 | 1-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 405, Topo got to the 2nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-71 6-2 6-4, Marat Sharipov (RUS) 6-3 6-2 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-0 6-2). During the match Topo scored 56 points vs Blancaneaux’s 33. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Topo was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marko Topo lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 80% (20/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Blancaneaux 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Marko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Marko has an overall 23-15 win-loss record in 2023, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicolae Madaras | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 62 |
| Pts | 54-31 | 220-165 |
| Total Points | 85 | 385 |
| Winners | 22 | 93 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Nicolae Madaras played 1 match while Topo competed in 3 matches. Topo started his run from the qualifications while Nicolae Madaras had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marko Topo lost 1 set while Dragos Nicolae Madaras hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nicolae Madaras has played 5 set(s) less than Topo (2 vs 7). Therefore, Nicolae Madaras played 47 games less than Topo. The Romanian scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Topo fired 93 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicolae Madaras | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 117/191 |
| %1st in | 72% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 93/117 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 40/74 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 54% |
Nicolae Madaras recorded 4 aces . Topo fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Nicolae Madaras won 85% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicolae Madaras | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Dragos extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Topo broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marko conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nicolae Madaras | |||
| R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 54-31 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Topo | |||||
| Q1 Prihodko |
Q3 Sharipov |
R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 14 | 62 | |
| pts | 103-93 | 61-39 | 56-33 | 220-165 | |
| Total points | 196 | 100 | 89 | 385 | |
| Winners | 45 | 28 | 20 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 36% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 59/99 | 33/47 | 25/45 | 117/191 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 28/33 | 20/25 | 93/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 10/14 | 8/20 | 40/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 71% | 40% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/8 | 6/8 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 38% | 75% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 100% | 50% | 241% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Aldin SetkicSetkic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Andrej NedicNedic (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Akira SantillanSantillan (2-6 6-3 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Norbert GombosGombos – Benoit PairePaire (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Clement TaburTabur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
