Marko Topo and Luca Preda will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 5. 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.
As per the initial odds, Marko Topo is the pick to win this match.
Marko Topo -> 1.17
Luca Preda -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Marko Topo vs. Luca Preda
There is no head to head record between Marko Topo and Luca Preda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marko Topo
31 - 13win/loss
285
255
LWWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-14 | 7-1 | 24-11 | 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. 276 (career-high), Topo got to the 1st round after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 6-3 6-4 and Branko Djuric 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Djuric (7-65 6-4). During the match, Topo scored 91 points vs Djuric’s 85. Marko was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Topo scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Marko Topo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Topo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Marko broke Djuric once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Topo has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (129-98). 24-10 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Topo has an overall93-65 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Topo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Faro and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Marko has a composed 31-13 win-loss record in 2025, 24-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Marko has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Preda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-16 | 4-2 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 861, Preda will start his run in the Iasi Challenger after he played his last match in the Brasov Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-0 to Pavlovic in the 1st round on the 30th of June.
Luca has an aggregate 11-12 win-loss record in 2025, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Preda’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Doha.
In terms of his career, Luca has an overall 23-23 record. He has a positive 17-15 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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