Francesco Passaro and Carlo Alberto Caniato will face off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.66
Carlo Alberto Caniato -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Carlo Alberto Caniato
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Carlo Alberto Caniato fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Passaro won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Todi Challenger back in August 2026.
Francesco Passaro
18 - 17win/loss
229
89
WLLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18-17 | 4-2 | 12-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-27 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 229, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-1 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-1 7-64). During the match, Passaro scored 82 points vs Roca Batalla’s 56. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Passaro broke Roca Batalla 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (233-176). 12-14 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a compiled177-122 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Francesco has a compiled 18-17 win-loss record in 2026, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palermo Challenger
Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlo Alberto Caniato
28 - 22win/loss
318
314
WLWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-22 | 0-3 | 28-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 37-22 | 10-7 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 3-4 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 318, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Max Wiskandt 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alberto had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (6-2 6-3). During the match Alberto scored 70 points vs Wiskandt’s 50. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Alberto bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Carlo Alberto Caniato was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alberto broke Wiskandt 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Biella Challenger where he defeated Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 7-6(1) 6-4.
The Italian has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2026, 28-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 82-56 | 70-50 |
| Total Points | 138 | 120 |
| Winners | 29 | 23 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Both Passaro and Alberto played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Alberto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Passaro played 3 games more than Alberto. The Italian scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Carlo fired 23 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 31/51 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 23/31 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Passaro recorded 3 aces . Alberto recorded 7 aces . Passaro won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Alberto won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Alberto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/19 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 21% | 31% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Passaro broke his opponent 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Alberto conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 82-56 | 82-56 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/19 | 4/19 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alberto | |||
| R1 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 70-50 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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