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

Francesco Passaro

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Rank
128
High
89
LWWLLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 43-27 4-5 39-22 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.

Milan Challenger
Passaro's Record

Nicholas David Ionel

Nicholas David Ionel

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Rank
523
High
184
LWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-26 0-0 34-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 74-34 0-2 74-31 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

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.

Milan Challenger
David's Record

Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger

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