Francesco Passaro and Fabian Marozsan will play each other in the semifinal of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.47
Fabian Marozsan -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Fabian Marozsan
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Fabian Marozsan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other 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, Francesco reached the semifinal after beating Nicholas David Ionel 6-0 6-4, Alexis Galarneau 6-1 6-3 and Viktor Durasovic 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (6-1 6-1). During the match, Passaro scored 62 points vs Durasovic’s 34. Francesco was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Passaro scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Francesco Passaro was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Durasovic 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Passaro hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 64% of the points he played.
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (86-59). 19-10 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a composed73-47 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger and the Forli 6 Challenger.
Francesco has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2022, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Fabian Marozsan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 11-7 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-27 | 7-5 | 32-13 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-19 | 10-3 | 29-12 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-21 | 4-2 | 33-16 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-7 | 6-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297 (career-high), the Hungarian got to the semifinal after beating Diego Hidalgo 3-6 7-5 6-2, Georgii Kravchenko 6-3 6-3, Juan Bautista Torres 6-2 6-2, Alexey Vatutin 6-2 6-3 and Matteo Gigante 7-65 6-2.
In the quarter, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Gigante (7-65 6-2). During the match Marozsan scored 73 points vs Gigante’s 63. The Hungarian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Marozsan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Fabian Marozsan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Marozsan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 56% (22/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (19/24) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Gigante 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Hungarian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Loule.
Fabian has a composed 28-9 win-loss record in 2022, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Fabian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 101 |
| Pts | 188-108 | 376-292 |
| Total Points | 296 | 668 |
| Winners | 58 | 139 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Passaro played 3 matches while Marozsan competed in 5 matches. Marozsan started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Fabian Marozsan dropped 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t lost a set so far. Passaro has played 5 set(s) less than Marozsan (6 vs 11). Therefore, Passaro played 55 games less than Marozsan. Passaro scored 58 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Fabian made 139 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 75/130 | 210/330 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 58/75 | 139/210 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 36/55 | 72/120 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 60% |
Passaro struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Marozsan recorded 10 aces (2 per match). Passaro won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Marozsan won 66% of the points behind 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 | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 23 |
| Converted | 15/35 | 23/48 |
| % Converted | 43% | 48% |
| Conceded | 6 | 26 |
| Saved | 4 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. Francesco dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 23 times with a 48% conversion rate. Marozsan conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||||
| R1 David |
R2 Galarneau |
1/4 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 14 | 46 | |
| pts | 60-31 | 66-43 | 62-34 | 188-108 | |
| Total points | 91 | 109 | 96 | 296 | |
| Winners | 17 | 18 | 23 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 27% | 37% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/40 | 26/47 | 29/43 | 75/130 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 55% | 67% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 18/26 | 23/29 | 58/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 69% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/21 | 9/14 | 36/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 62% | 64% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/14 | 5/12 | 15/35 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 42% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 100% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Marozsan | |||||||
| Q1 Hidalgo |
Q3 Kravchenko |
R1 Bautista |
R2 Vatutin |
1/4 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 101 | |
| pts | 92-82 | 63-47 | 63-35 | 85-65 | 73-63 | 376-292 | |
| Total points | 174 | 110 | 98 | 150 | 136 | 668 | |
| Winners | 35 | 22 | 21 | 39 | 22 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 33% | 46% | 30% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 31/55 | 29/45 | 65/88 | 39/63 | 210/330 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 56% | 64% | 74% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 22/31 | 21/29 | 39/65 | 22/39 | 139/210 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 72% | 60% | 56% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 10/24 | 11/16 | 15/23 | 19/24 | 72/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 42% | 69% | 65% | 79% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/11 | 5/9 | 4/12 | 3/5 | 23/48 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 55% | 56% | 33% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 5/8 | 0/1 | 9/10 | 1/2 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 63% | 0% | 90% | 50% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Matteo GiganteGigante (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano Darderi/Fernando RomboliDarderi/Fernando Romboli – Piotr Matuszewski/Andrew PaulsonMatuszewski/Andrew Paulson (4-6 6-2 10-8) – See score progression
- Diego Hidalgo/Cristian RodriguezHidalgo/Cristian Rodriguez – Treat Conrad Huey/Franko SkugorConrad Huey/Franko Skugor (4-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Grigoriy Lomakin/Vladyslav ManafovLomakin/Vladyslav Manafov – Alexey Vatutin/Tristan-Samuel WeissbornVatutin/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Federico CoriaCoria – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
