Marko Topo and Filippo Romano will face off in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 21. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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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 -> 1.42
Filippo Romano -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Marko Topo vs. Filippo Romano
There is no head to head record between Marko Topo and Filippo Romano since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marko Topo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-23 | 7-1 | 30-15 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 397, Topo got to the qualifications after beating Demetris Azoides 3-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Azoides, Marko had a free pass after Azoides retired on a 3-2 . scoreline.
Topo has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 54% of his matches (104-87). 6-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Topo has a composed28-14 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Topo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Faro.
Topo has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Topo has never competed in this tournament before.
Filippo Romano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-29 | 2-5 | 25-20 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 25-32 | 1-1 | 9-19 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2023 | 9-13 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 722, Romano got to the qualifications after beating Stephanos Schinas 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Schinas (6-3 6-2). During the match Romano scored 59 points vs Schinas’s 38. Romano was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Romano fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Filippo Romano was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Filippo broke Schinas 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Filippo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne.
Filippo has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Topo | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 17 |
| Pts | 15-14 | 59-38 |
| Total Points | 29 | 97 |
| Winners | 6 | 31 |
| %Winners | 40% | 53% |
Both Topo and Romano played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Topo and Romano have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Topo played 12 games less than Romano. Topo scored 6 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Filippo struck 31 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Topo | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 9/14 | 37/50 |
| %1st in | 64% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 6/9 | 31/37 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 1/5 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 20% | 54% |
Topo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Romano recorded 3 aces . Topo won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 20% of the points. On the other side, Romano won 84% 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 | Topo | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Marko broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Marko surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Romano was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Topo | |||
| Q1 Azoides |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 15-14 | 15-14 | |
| Total points | 29 | 29 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 20% | 20% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Romano | |||
| Q1 Schinas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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