Francesco Passaro and Mattia Bellucci will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.68
Francesco Passaro -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Mattia Bellucci

This will be the 3^rd time that Francesco Passaro and Mattia Bellucci square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Passaro won 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 2^nd round in the Trieste Challenger back in 2022.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 120, Passaro reached the qualifications after beating Lukas Rosol 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Francesco defeated Rosol (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Passaro scored 89 points vs Rosol’s 85. Passaro was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Passaro made 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Passaro broke Rosol 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Passaro has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (108-73). 1-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a composed17-14 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Francesco has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.

Mattia Bellucci

Ranked no. 153 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-3 6-4). During the match Bellucci scored 76 points vs Wu’s 55. Bellucci was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Bellucci recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mattia Bellucci was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Wu twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

The Italian has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Bellucci
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	19
Pts	89-85	76-55
Total Points	174	131
Winners	38	28
%Winners	43%	37%

Both Passaro and Bellucci played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set more than Bellucci (3 vs 2). Therefore, Passaro played 8 games more than Bellucci. Francesco scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 28 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Bellucci
Aces	8	7
Avg per match	8	7
1st in	60/99	34/62
%1st in	61%	55%
1st pts	38/60	28/34
%1st pts	63%	82%
2nd pts	22/39	18/28
%2nd pts	56%	64%

Passaro scored 8 aces . Bellucci bagged 7 aces . Passaro won 63% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Bellucci
Won	4	2
Converted	4/8	2/12
% Converted	50%	17%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1	4
% Saved	25%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Passaro surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Bellucci broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Mattia was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Passaro
	Q1 Rosol	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	89-85	89-85
Total points	174	174
Winners	38	38
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	60/99	60/99
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	38/60	38/60
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	22/39	22/39
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Bellucci
	Q1 Wu	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	76-55	76-55
Total points	131	131
Winners	28	28
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/62	34/62
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	18/28	18/28
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/12	2/12
Converted %	17%	17%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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