Francesco Passaro and Nicholas David Ionel will play each other in the 1st round of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.33
Nicholas David Ionel -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Nicholas David Ionel
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 3-3 | 24-14 | 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. 254, the Italian will start his run in the Milan Challenger after he played his last match in the Parma Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Lajovic in the 1st round on the 13th of June.
The Italian has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Francesco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger and the Forli 6 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Passaro has an overall 83-59 record. He has a positive 70-47 record on clay.
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 0-2 | 31-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 7-7 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-33 | 17-9 | 48-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-33 | 14-4 | 33-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 16-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307 (career-high), David will start his run in the Milan Challenger after he played his last match in the Parma Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Ymer in the 2nd round on the 15th of June.
Nicholas has an overall 35-15 win-loss record in 2022, 25-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Marrakech.
In terms of his career, Nicholas has an overall 132-74 record. He has a positive 92-55 record on clay.
Previously in the Milan Challenger
David has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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