Francesco Passaro and Francesco Maestrelli will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Trieste Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT GIORGI. 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 -> 1.71
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Francesco Maestrelli

This will be the 2^nd time that Francesco Passaro and Francesco Maestrelli face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Maestrelli (see full H2H stats

), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Maestrelli won 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in the Napoli Challenger back in 2021.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 187 (career-high), Francesco got to the semifinal after defeating Nikola Milojevic 7-5 6-1, Mattia Bellucci 7-6² 6-1 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 3-6 6-2.

In the quarter, The Italian defeated Gombos (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match, Passaro scored 80 points vs Gombos’s 68. Passaro was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Passaro fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francesco Passaro lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Passaro put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Gombos 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Passaro has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Passaro has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (93-61). 26-12 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has an overall80-49 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger,the Forli 6 Challenger and the Milan Challenger.

Francesco has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2022, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.

Francesco Maestrelli

Ranked no. 237 (career-high), Maestrelli got to the semifinal after beating Andrey Chepelev 6-2 6-3, Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 7-5 7-6² and Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-3 6-3). During the match Maestrelli scored 72 points vs Caruso’s 54. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Maestrelli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Maestrelli was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francesco broke Caruso 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Francesco hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Maestrelli’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,the Francavilla Challenger and the Verona Challenger.

Maestrelli has a compiled 39-14 win-loss record in 2022, 34-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Maestrelli
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	65	60
Pts	234-174	215-170
Total Points	408	385
Winners	77	72
%Winners	33%	33%

Both Passaro and Maestrelli played 3 matches. At the moment, Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set while Francesco Maestrelli hasn’t dropped a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set more than Maestrelli (7 vs 6). Therefore, Passaro played 5 games more than Maestrelli. Passaro scored 77 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco managed to score 72 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Maestrelli
Aces	4	10
Avg per match	1.3	3.3
1st in	107/183	96/179
%1st in	58%	54%
1st pts	77/107	72/96
%1st pts	72%	75%
2nd pts	47/76	48/83
%2nd pts	62%	58%

Passaro scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Maestrelli blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Passaro won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Maestrelli
Won	14	12
Converted	14/32	12/30
% Converted	44%	40%
Conceded	11	10
Saved	5	6
% Saved	45%	60%
Times Broken	6	4

The Italian broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francesco dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Milojevic	R2 Bellucci	1/4 Gombos	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-62 6-1	6-3 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	20	26	65
pts	71-50	83-56	80-68	234-174
Total points	121	139	148	408
Winners	22	26	29	77
%Winners	31%	31%	36%	33%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2	4
Double Faults	1	0	1	2
1st in	30/56	34/59	43/68	107/183
% 1st in	54%	58%	63%	58%
1st pts	22/30	26/34	29/43	77/107
% 1st pts	73%	76%	67%	72%
2nd pts	16/26	14/25	17/25	47/76
% 2nd pts	62%	56%	68%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	14
Converted	5/11	5/10	4/11	14/32
Converted %	45%	50%	36%	44%
Conceded	5	4	2	11
Saved	3/5	2/4	0/2	5
Saved %	60%	50%	0%	37%
Times Broken	2	2	2	6

Maestrelli
	R1 Chepelev	R2 Fa Rodriguez Taverna	1/4 Caruso	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	7-5 7-62	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	25	18	60
pts	62-43	81-73	72-54	215-170
Total points	105	154	126	385
Winners	17	31	24	72
%Winners	27%	38%	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	1	10
Double Faults	3	2	2	7
1st in	21/50	44/75	31/54	96/179
% 1st in	42%	59%	57%	54%
1st pts	17/21	31/44	24/31	72/96
% 1st pts	81%	70%	77%	75%
2nd pts	17/29	18/31	13/23	48/83
% 2nd pts	59%	58%	57%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	12
Converted	5/8	3/8	4/14	12/30
Converted %	63%	38%	29%	40%
Conceded	5	2	3	10
Saved	4/5	0/2	2/3	6
Saved %	80%	0%	67%	49%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger

• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-0 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos GornesBortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes – Marcelo Demoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesDemoliner/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-1) – H2H and prediction