Tim Ruehl and Marko Topo will square off in the qualifications of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marko Topo who should win in 2 sets.
Marko Topo -> 1.088
Tim Ruehl -> 6.55
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Prediction and head to head Tim Ruehl vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Tim Ruehl and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tim Ruehl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 14-11 | 4-4 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Ruehl reached the qualifications after defeating Tom Gentzsch 2-6 7-6(8) 7-6(4).
In the qualifications against Gentzsch, Tim recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-68 7-64).During the match, Ruehl scored less points (8) than Gentzsch. In fact, the world no. won 116 points vs Gentzsch’s. That means that Ruehl was more focused during the important points. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruehl wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Tim Ruehl lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Ruehl put 72% of his first serves in, winning 65% (60/92) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Tim broke Gentzsch twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Ruehl has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 51% of his matches (23-22). 6-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruehl has an overall16-13 record in the last 5 years on clay.
The German has an overall 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Ruehl has never competed in this tournament before.
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-20 | 7-1 | 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, Topo reached the qualifications after defeating Aleksandr Braynin 6-2 2-6 6-4
.In the qualifications, Topo defeated Braynin (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match Topo scored 88 points vs Braynin’s 84. Marko was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Topo fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marko Topo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Braynin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Topo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tarragona.
Topo has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruehl | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 26 |
| Pts | 116-124 | 88-84 |
| Total Points | 240 | 172 |
| Winners | 60 | 42 |
| %Winners | 52% | 48% |
Both Ruehl and Topo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Tim Ruehl dropped 1 set, while Marko Topo lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ruehl and Topo have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ruehl played 8 games more than Topo. The German scored 60 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Marko blasted 42 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruehl | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 92/128 | 62/91 |
| %1st in | 72% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 60/92 | 42/62 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 45% |
Ruehl didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Topo blasted 2 aces . Ruehl won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruehl | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 11 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Ruehl broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Tim dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Marko broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Topo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruehl | |||
| Q1 Gentzsch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-68 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 116-124 | 116-124 | |
| Total points | 240 | 240 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 92/128 | 92/128 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 60/92 | 60/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Topo | |||
| Q1 Braynin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-84 | 88-84 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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