Mate Valkusz and Francesco Passaro will fight against each other in the quarter of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.62
Francesco Passaro -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Francesco Passaro
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Mate got to the quarter after beating Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 6-72 6-4, Giovanni Fonio 5-7 6-4 6-4, Matteo Donati 6-1 6-2 and Radu Albot 6-3 1-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Mate defeated Albot (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Valkusz scored 83 points vs Albot’s 73. Mate was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Valkusz scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 63% of his first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Albot 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Valkusz has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of his matches (147-60). 9-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Valkusz has a composed115-36 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Mate’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Opatija.
The Hungarian has an overall 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Valkusz has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-23 | 4-5 | 31-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-35 | 8-11 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 12-6 | 35-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-27 | 4-5 | 39-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 493, Passaro got to the quarter after beating Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-4, Mathieu Perchicot 6-2 6-0, Borna Gojo 6-4 6-2 and Alexandre Muller 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-1 6-2). During the match Passaro scored 63 points vs Muller’s 39. Francesco was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francesco Passaro was very efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francesco broke Muller 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Passaro’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Francesco has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 102 | 66 |
| Pts | 357-291 | 268-174 |
| Total Points | 648 | 442 |
| Winners | 148 | 100 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Valkusz and Passaro played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mate Valkusz surrendered 3 sets while Francesco Passaro hasn’t lost a set so far. Valkusz has played 3 sets more than Passaro (11 vs 8). Therefore, Valkusz played 36 games more than Passaro. Valkusz scored 148 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro fired 100 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 212/309 | 133/218 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 148/212 | 100/133 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 48/97 | 50/85 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 59% |
Valkusz blasted 9 aces (2.3 per match). Passaro made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Valkusz won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 17 |
| Converted | 23/45 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 51% | 52% |
| Conceded | 32 | 13 |
| Saved | 19 | 10 |
| % Saved | 59% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 13 | 3 |
The Hungarian broke his opponents 23 times with a 51% conversion rate. Valkusz conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Passaro broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Passaro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Valkusz | ||||||
| Q1 Maestrelli |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Donati |
R2 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-72 6-4 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 15 | 24 | 102 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 115-96 | 61-36 | 83-73 | 357-291 | |
| Total points | 184 | 211 | 97 | 156 | 648 | |
| Winners | 44 | 54 | 21 | 29 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 34% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 61/83 | 76/106 | 27/44 | 48/76 | 212/309 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 61% | 63% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 54/76 | 21/27 | 29/48 | 148/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 78% | 60% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/30 | 8/17 | 10/28 | 48/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 50% | 47% | 36% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 6/12 | 7/15 | 23/45 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 50% | 47% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 32 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 7/11 | 2/3 | 7/13 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 64% | 67% | 54% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| Passaro | ||||||
| Q1 Gulbis |
Q3 Perchicot |
R1 Gojo |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 66 | |
| pts | 78-58 | 56-26 | 71-51 | 63-39 | 268-174 | |
| Total points | 136 | 82 | 122 | 102 | 442 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 38% | 41% | 46% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 23/42 | 42/68 | 41/53 | 133/218 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 55% | 62% | 77% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/23 | 29/42 | 29/41 | 100/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 91% | 69% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/28 | 10/19 | 13/26 | 7/12 | 50/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 50% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/5 | 5/12 | 4/6 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 100% | 42% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 60% | 100% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
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