Francesco Passaro and Damir Dzumhur will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.42
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Damir Dzumhur
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Damir Dzumhur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-26 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 8-6 | 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. 146, Francesco got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-65 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Francesco defeated Moreno De Alboran (7-65 4-6 6-3). During the match, Passaro scored 93 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 92. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (48/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Moreno De Alboran 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Passaro has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (98-63). 30-13 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has an aggregate84-50 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger,the Forli 6 Challenger,the Milan Challenger and the Trieste Challenger.
Passaro has a composed 40-19 win-loss record in 2022, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-34 | 9-11 | 21-16 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Damir reached the 2nd round after defeating Oleksii Krutykh 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Damir had a good straight sets win against Krutykh (7-5 6-3). During the match Dzumhur scored 86 points vs Krutykh’s 72. Dzumhur was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Krutykh 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Damir’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Banja Luka Challenger.
The Bosnian has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2022, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 |
| Pts | 93-92 | 86-72 |
| Total Points | 185 | 158 |
| Winners | 48 | 40 |
| %Winners | 52% | 47% |
Both Passaro and Dzumhur played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Passaro conceded 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t dropped a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set more than Dzumhur (3 vs 2). Therefore, Passaro played 11 games more than Dzumhur. Francesco scored 48 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Damir blasted 40 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 69/101 | 58/84 |
| %1st in | 68% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 40/58 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Passaro recorded 5 aces . Dzumhur blasted 1 ace . Passaro won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 60% | 31% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 40% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Passaro broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 93-92 | 93-92 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/101 | 69/101 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 48/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Dzumhur | |||
| R1 Krutykh | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 86-72 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/84 | 58/84 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Como Challenger
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nerman FaticFatic – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Giovanni OradiniOradini (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-65 2-6 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Miljan ZekicZekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Lukas KleinKlein (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – H2H and prediction