Felix Gill and Marko Topo will face off in the 1st round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTER 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 Felix Gill who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Gill is the pick to win this match.
Felix Gill -> 1.59
Marko Topo -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Felix Gill vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Felix Gill and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Felix Gill
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 4-2 | 19-12 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 7-4 | 36-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 1-2 | 24-13 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-19 | 0-0 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, the Brit reached the 1st round after defeating Josip Simundza 6-2 6-4 and Robert Strombachs 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brit defeated Strombachs (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match, Gill scored 90 points vs Strombachs’s 72. Gill was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gill fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Felix Gill was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gill broke Strombachs 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Gill has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (135-83). 12-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gill has an overall108-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Felix’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Gill has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Gill 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. 335 (career-high), Marko reached the 1st round after defeating Jerko Brkic 6-4 6-4 and Oleksii Krutykh 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Serbian defeated Krutykh (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Topo scored 94 points vs Krutykh’s 92. Marko was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Topo scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marko Topo lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (48/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Marko broke Krutykh 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Topo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Marko’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona.
Topo has a composed 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gill | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 50 |
| Pts | 154-123 | 158-153 |
| Total Points | 277 | 311 |
| Winners | 66 | 81 |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% |
Both Gill and Topo played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Felix Gill dropped 1 set, while Marko Topo dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gill and Topo have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Gill played 6 games less than Topo. The Brit scored 66 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Topo managed to score 81 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gill | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 80/125 | 109/170 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 66/80 | 81/109 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 29/61 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Gill struck 8 aces (4 per match). Topo bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Gill won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gill | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 35% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Felix broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Felix dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Topo broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gill | ||||
| Q1 Simundza |
Q3 Strombachs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 90-72 | 154-123 | |
| Total points | 115 | 162 | 277 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 46/71 | 80/125 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 38/46 | 66/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 14/25 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/13 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 31% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Topo | ||||
| Q1 Brkic |
Q3 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 64-61 | 94-92 | 158-153 | |
| Total points | 125 | 186 | 311 | |
| Winners | 33 | 48 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 65/100 | 109/170 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 48/65 | 81/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 16/35 | 29/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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