Mackenzie Mcdonald and Francesco Passaro will face off in the 1st round of the Tennis Napoli Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.34
Francesco Passaro -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Francesco Passaro
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Francesco Passaro fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mcdonald won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Florence back in October 2022.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs Francesco Passaro – Florence 13-October-2022
Mackenzie Mcdonald
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-12 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-30 | 23-15 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 16-16 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-26 | 15-12 | 12-5 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, Mackenzie will start his run in Naples after he played his last match in Florence where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Musetti in the quarter on the 14th of October.
Mcdonald has a compiled 24-28 win-loss record in 2022, 13-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 249-189 record. He has a positive 161-115 record on hard.
Previously in Naples
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 124, Francesco got to the 1st round after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Filip Misolic 0-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Misolic, Francesco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Passaro and Misolic scored the same amount of points (80). However, the world no. 74 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Passaro was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Passaro struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 52% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (17/40) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Misolic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Francesco’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger,the Forli 6 Challenger,the Milan Challenger,the Trieste Challenger and the Como Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 48-25 win-loss record in 2022, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Luca NardiNardi (6-77 7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Pedro Martinez Portero/Bernabe Zapata MirallesMartinez Portero/Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomislav Brkic/Gonzalo EscobarBrkic/Gonzalo Escobar – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-1 10-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taro DanielDaniel – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francesco PassaroPassaro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
