Massimo Giunta and Francesco Passaro will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Forli 6 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.04
Massimo Giunta -> 9.00
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Prediction and head to head Massimo Giunta vs. Francesco Passaro
There is no head to head record between Massimo Giunta and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Massimo Giunta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 17-12 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-23 | 22-12 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 10-5 | 9-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Massimo reached the qualifications after beating Nerman Fatic 1-6 4-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Fatic, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 4-2 ret.). During the match, Giunta and Fatic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Giunta was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Giunta was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Massimo Giunta conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Giunta has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 1 years having won 100% of his matches (1-0). 1-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Giunta has an aggregate1-0 win-loss record in the last 1 years on clay.
Massimo has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 6 Challenger
Giunta has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 370, the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Daniele Capecchi 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Capecchi (6-3 6-2). During the match Passaro scored 62 points vs Capecchi’s 42. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francesco Passaro lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 66% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Capecchi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Francesco’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and the Sanremo Challenger.
Passaro has a composed 19-12 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giunta | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 |
| Pts | 0-0 | 62-42 |
| Total Points | 0 | 104 |
| Winners | 0 | 32 |
| %Winners | 0% | 52% |
Both Giunta and Passaro played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Massimo Giunta dropped 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Giunta has played 1 set more than Passaro (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Giunta played 4 games less than Passaro. Massimo scored 0 winners (0% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro fired 32 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giunta | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 0/0 | 41/62 |
| %1st in | 0% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | 32/41 |
| %1st pts | 0% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | 8/21 |
| %2nd pts | 0% | 38% |
Giunta didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Passaro struck 1 ace . Giunta won 0% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 0% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giunta | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 4 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 0% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Massimo hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Massimo pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giunta | |||
| Q1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | – | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 0% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 0% | |
| 1st pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | % | |
| 2nd pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | / | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
| Passaro | |||
| Q1 Capecchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 62-42 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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