Damien Wenger and Marko Topo will square off in the 1st round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on TRAMONDO COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.73
Damien Wenger -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Damien Wenger vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Damien Wenger and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Damien Wenger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-23 | 4-2 | 30-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 16-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 438, Damien reached the 1st round after defeating Jose Statham 6-3 6-2 and Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Damien had a good straight sets win against Orlov (6-2 6-3). During the match, Wenger scored 72 points vs Orlov’s 56. Damien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wenger managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Damien Wenger lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Wenger put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Orlov 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damien started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Wenger has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (260-142). 26-17 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wenger has a compiled251-128 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 2 Challenger and M25 Grasse.
The Swiss has a composed 26-17 win-loss record in 2024, 26-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug 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. 460, the Serbian reached the 1st round after beating Raul Joel Andrin Teichmann 6-2 7-5 and Gerard Campana Lee 0-6 7-6(7) 7-6(2).
In the qualifications against Campana Lee, Marko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-67 7-62).During the match Topo scored less points (6) than Campana Lee. In fact, the world no. 438 won 106 points vs Campana Lee’s. That means that Topo was more focused during the important points. Topo was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Topo managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marko Topo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (51/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Marko broke Campana Lee twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marko 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.
Topo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona.
The Serbian has a compiled 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Topo has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wenger | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 52 |
| Pts | 135-100 | 170-161 |
| Total Points | 235 | 331 |
| Winners | 58 | 86 |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% |
Both Wenger and Topo played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marko Topo surrendered 1 set while Damien Wenger hasn’t dropped a set so far. Wenger has played 1 set(s) less than Topo (4 vs 5). Therefore, Wenger played 18 games less than Topo. Damien scored 58 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Topo blasted 86 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wenger | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 81/131 | 119/176 |
| %1st in | 62% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 58/81 | 86/119 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 24/50 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 46% |
Wenger managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Topo recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Wenger won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wenger | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 80% | 42% |
| Conceded | 15 | 18 |
| Saved | 13 | 13 |
| % Saved | 87% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Wenger broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Damien conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Marko broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Topo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wenger | ||||
| Q1 Statham |
Q3 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 72-56 | 135-100 | |
| Total points | 107 | 128 | 235 | |
| Winners | 24 | 34 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 46/74 | 81/131 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 34/46 | 58/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 11/28 | 24/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 39% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/4 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 11/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 92% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Topo | ||||
| Q1 Joel Andrin Teichmann |
Q3 Campana |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 0-6 7-67 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 106-112 | 170-161 | |
| Total points | 113 | 218 | 331 | |
| Winners | 35 | 51 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 48% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/58 | 79/118 | 119/176 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 51/79 | 86/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 65% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 18/39 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 10/15 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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