Pedro Martinez Portero and Francesco Passaro will play each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.65
Francesco Passaro -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Francesco Passaro
This will be the 4th time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Francesco Passaro face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), but Passaro has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Martinez Portero won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Santiago back in February 2024.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs Francesco Passaro – Santiago 26-February-2024
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, Pedro will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in Metz where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) to Herbert in the 1st round on the 4th of November.
Pedro has an aggregate 36-31 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Radu Albot in the final 7-5 6-4 and the Valencia Challenger where he beat Jaime Faria in the final 6-1 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Martinez Portero has an overall 441-282 record. He has a positive 67-62 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-25 | 4-5 | 35-19 | 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 |
Ranked no. 108, the Italian got to the 1st round after defeating Aziz Dougaz 7-5 4-6 6-3 and Denis Yevseyev 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Yevseyev, Francesco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Passaro scored 98 points vs Yevseyev’s 81. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Passaro recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Francesco broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Passaro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Genova Challenger where he beat Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 7-5 6-3.
The Italian has an aggregate 39-25 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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