Toby Alex Kodat and Marko Topo will square off in the quarter of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Marko Topo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marko Topo is the pick to win this match.
Marko Topo -> 1.75
Toby Alex Kodat -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Toby Alex Kodat vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Toby Alex Kodat and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Toby Alex Kodat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 4-4 | 16-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-23 | 4-5 | 28-14 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 6-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 5-6 | 19-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-15 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 358 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after defeating Ugo Blanchet 6-4 6-3 and Eric Vanshelboim 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Toby had a good straight sets win against Vanshelboim (7-5 6-1). During the match, Alex Kodat scored 70 points vs Vanshelboim’s 46. Toby was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alex Kodat recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Toby Alex Kodat lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alex Kodat put 70% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Toby broke Vanshelboim 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex Kodat hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Alex Kodat has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 53% of his matches (88-78). 20-9 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alex Kodat has an overall54-44 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Toby’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Liberec Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 31-17 win-loss record in 2023, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 9-8 | 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, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-71 6-2 6-4, Marat Sharipov (RUS) 6-3 6-2, Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-0 6-2 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Topo had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-3 6-4). During the match Topo scored 70 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 55. Topo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Topo recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marko Topo was quite effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Topo broke Nicolae Madaras 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Serbian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Marko has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 24-13 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alex Kodat | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 81 |
| Pts | 136-102 | 290-220 |
| Total Points | 238 | 510 |
| Winners | 50 | 122 |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% |
Alex Kodat played 2 matches while Topo competed in 4 matches. Topo started his run from the qualifications while Alex Kodat had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marko Topo lost 1 set while Toby Alex Kodat hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alex Kodat has played 5 set(s) less than Topo (4 vs 9). Therefore, Alex Kodat played 43 games less than Topo. Toby scored 50 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Topo made 122 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alex Kodat | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 77/108 | 152/249 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 50/77 | 122/152 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 52/97 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Alex Kodat scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Topo managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Alex Kodat won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 80% of the points behind 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 | Alex Kodat | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 16/40 |
| % Converted | 52% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Alex Kodat conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Topo broke his opponents 16 times with a 40% conversion rate. Marko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alex Kodat | ||||
| R1 Blanchet |
R2 Vanshelboim |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 70-46 | 136-102 | |
| Total points | 122 | 116 | 238 | |
| Winners | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 38/54 | 77/108 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 23/38 | 50/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 61% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/16 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/13 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Topo | ||||||
| Q1 Prihodko |
Q3 Sharipov |
R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 81 | |
| pts | 103-93 | 61-39 | 56-33 | 70-55 | 290-220 | |
| Total points | 196 | 100 | 89 | 125 | 510 | |
| Winners | 45 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 36% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 59/99 | 33/47 | 25/45 | 35/58 | 152/249 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 56% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 28/33 | 20/25 | 29/35 | 122/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 80% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 10/14 | 8/20 | 12/23 | 52/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 71% | 40% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/8 | 6/8 | 3/14 | 16/40 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 38% | 75% | 21% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 100% | 50% | 0% | 121% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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