Francesco Passaro and Matteo Gigante will fight against each other in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.44
Matteo Gigante -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Matteo Gigante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-26 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 9-6 | 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, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-65 4-6 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-2 7-5). During the match, Passaro scored 73 points vs Dzumhur’s 58. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Dzumhur 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Passaro has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Passaro has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (99-63). 31-13 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has a compiled85-50 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger,the Forli 6 Challenger,the Milan Challenger and the Trieste Challenger.
Passaro has an aggregate 41-19 win-loss record in 2022, 31-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-23 | 9-9 | 15-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 27-10 | 11-10 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-5 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 9-1 | 27-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 16-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264 (career-high), Matteo got to the quarter after beating Gian Marco Moroni 6-74 6-2 6-1 and Miljan Zekic 6-3 3-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Matteo defeated Zekic (6-3 3-6 7-65). During the match Gigante scored 92 points vs Zekic’s 89. Gigante was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Zekic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gigante has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gigante’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gigante has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2022, 24-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 59 |
| Pts | 166-150 | 193-171 |
| Total Points | 316 | 364 |
| Winners | 74 | 76 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Passaro and Gigante played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro lost 1 set, while Matteo Gigante conceded 2 sets. Passaro has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (5 vs 6). Therefore, Passaro played 7 games less than Gigante. The Italian scored 74 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Gigante struck 76 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 109/164 | 104/192 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 74/109 | 76/104 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 27/55 | 45/88 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 51% |
Passaro bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Gigante scored 4 aces (2 per match). Passaro won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 64% |
| Conceded | 17 | 15 |
| Saved | 10 | 10 |
| % Saved | 59% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Francesco broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran | R2 Dzumhur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 93-92 | 73-58 | 166-150 | |
| Total points | 185 | 131 | 316 | |
| Winners | 48 | 26 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 36% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/101 | 40/63 | 109/164 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 26/40 | 74/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 9/23 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 39% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/10 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 70% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 8/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Gigante | ||||
| R1 Marco Moroni | R2 Zekic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| pts | 101-82 | 92-89 | 193-171 | |
| Total points | 183 | 181 | 364 | |
| Winners | 36 | 40 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/98 | 60/94 | 104/192 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 64% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 40/60 | 76/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/54 | 21/34 | 45/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/4 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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