Francesco Passaro and Miljan Zekic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Barletta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.49
Miljan Zekic -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Miljan Zekic

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 354 (career-high), Passaro reached the 2^nd round after beating Franco Agamenone 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-4 6-3). During the match, Passaro scored 67 points vs Agamenone’s 49. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Passaro couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Passaro broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (76-53). 9-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a compiled63-41 record in the last 5 years on clay.

Francesco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and the Sanremo Challenger.

Francesco has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.

Miljan Zekic

Ranked no. 355, Miljan reached the 2^nd round after beating Sadio Doumbia 6-4 6-3, Alexandar Lazarov 6-1 6-3 and Andrea Arnaboldi 2-6 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round against Arnaboldi, Miljan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-0). During the match Zekic scored 96 points vs Arnaboldi’s 86. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Zekic made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Miljan broke Arnaboldi 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).

Zekic’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya.

The Serbian has a compiled 16-8 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Zekic
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	19	59
Pts	67-49	221-184
Total Points	116	405
Winners	26	86
%Winners	39%	39%

Passaro played 1 match while Zekic competed in 3 matches. Zekic started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Miljan Zekic dropped 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Passaro has played 5 set(s) less than Zekic (2 vs 7). Therefore, Passaro played 40 games less than Zekic. Passaro scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zekic managed to score 86 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Zekic
Aces	0	11
Avg per match	0	3.7
1st in	34/55	115/192
%1st in	62%	60%
1st pts	26/34	86/115
%1st pts	76%	75%
2nd pts	11/21	33/77
%2nd pts	52%	43%

Passaro didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zekic bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Passaro won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Zekic
Won	4	14
Converted	4/6	14/31
% Converted	67%	45%
Conceded	4	15
Saved	2	10
% Saved	50%	67%
Times Broken	2	5

Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zekic broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Agamenone	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-49	67-49
Total points	116	116
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	34/55	34/55
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	26/34	26/34
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Zekic
	Q1 Doumbia	Q3 Lazarov	R1 Arnaboldi	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-1 6-3	2-6 6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	16	24	59
pts	67-59	58-39	96-86	221-184
Total points	126	97	182	405
Winners	32	20	34	86
%Winners	48%	34%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	7	11
Double Faults	1	0	4	5
1st in	46/63	24/49	45/80	115/192
% 1st in	73%	49%	56%	60%
1st pts	32/46	20/24	34/45	86/115
% 1st pts	70%	83%	76%	75%
2nd pts	7/17	13/25	13/35	33/77
% 2nd pts	41%	52%	37%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	14
Converted	4/6	5/6	5/19	14/31
Converted %	67%	83%	26%	45%
Conceded	5	3	7	15
Saved	4/5	2/3	4/7	10
Saved %	80%	67%	57%	204%
Times Broken	1	1	3	5

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

• Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko – Lukas RosolRosol (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Marius CopilCopil – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Constant LestienneLestienne (5-7 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-6 7-6⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Kacper ZukZuk (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Lucas GerchGerch (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Miljan ZekicZekic – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (2-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-7³ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (2-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-0 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miljan ZekicZekic – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Nerman FaticFatic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleksandr OvcharenkoOvcharenko – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction