Facundo Mena and Marko Topo will face off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 8. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marko Topo is the pick to win this match.
Marko Topo -> 1.59
Facundo Mena -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Marko Topo
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Marko Topo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Topo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Topo won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Heilbronn Challenger back in June 2025.
Facundo Mena
12 - 15win/loss
230
127
LLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-17 | 0-1 | 12-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 3-1 | 47-23 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Marek Gengel 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-2 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 59 points vs Gengel’s 35. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Mena was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 96% (23/24) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Gengel 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Mena has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (307-224). 12-14 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has a compiled 246-177 record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Facundo has an aggregate 12-15 win-loss record in 2025, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Marko Topo
26 - 10win/loss
277
276
LLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-12 | 7-1 | 20-9 | 0-1 | 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. 288 (career-high), Topo reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrew Paulson 6-1 6-4, Gabi Adrian Boitan 4-6 6-0 6-1 and Norbert Gombos 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(7).
In the 1st round, The Serbian defeated Gombos (7-62 3-6 7-67).During the match Topo scored less points (3) than Gombos. In fact, the world no. 208 won 102 points vs Gombos’s. That means that Topo was more focused during the important points. Topo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Topo managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marko Topo was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (43/59) of his 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Topo broke Gombos 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Topo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Faro and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Topo has a composed 26-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 75 |
| Pts | 59-35 | 254-214 |
| Total Points | 94 | 468 |
| Winners | 23 | 96 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Mena played 1 match while Topo competed in 3 matches. Topo started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marko Topo surrendered 2 sets while Facundo Mena hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mena has played 6 set(s) less than Topo (2 vs 8). Therefore, Mena played 59 games less than Topo. Mena scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Topo struck 96 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 129/225 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/24 | 96/129 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 60/96 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 63% |
Mena scored 5 aces . Topo recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Mena won 96% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% 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 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 57% | 48% |
| Conceded | 1 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Mena was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Marko broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Marko conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/24 | 23/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Topo | |||||
| Q1 Paulson |
Q3 Adrian |
R1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-0 6-1 | 7-62 3-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 35 | 75 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 89-64 | 102-105 | 254-214 | |
| Total points | 108 | 153 | 207 | 468 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 43 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 40/73 | 59/103 | 129/225 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 28/40 | 43/59 | 96/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 22/33 | 26/44 | 60/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 59% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/12 | 3/5 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 42% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 60% | 246% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger
- Federico CinaCina – Hynek BartonBarton (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Norbert GombosGombos (7-62 3-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-3 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew Paulson/Matej VocelPaulson/Matej Vocel – Luis David Martinez/Facundo MenaDavid Martinez/Facundo Mena (3-6 6-4 10-7) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Hynek BartonBarton (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-3 4-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Valentin VacherotVacherot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
