Francesco Passaro and Mate Valkusz will play each other in the quarter of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. 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 -> 1.45
Mate Valkusz -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Mate Valkusz
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Mate Valkusz square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Passaro won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Sanremo Challenger back in 2022.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-23 | 4-5 | 31-17 | 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. 120, Passaro reached the quarter after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-1 6-4 and Kaichi Uchida 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-3 6-1). During the match, Passaro scored 59 points vs Uchida’s 39. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro scored 6 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Uchida 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Passaro has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (110-74). 3-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has an overall19-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Italian has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger
Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, the Hungarian reached the quarter after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-63 6-1, Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-4 5-7 7-5, Carlos Taberner 7-65 6-3 and Marco Trungelliti 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mate had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-1 6-4). During the match Valkusz scored 59 points vs Trungelliti’s 39. The Hungarian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Valkusz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mate Valkusz was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Hungarian broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valkusz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Hungarian has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 93 |
| Pts | 125-87 | 331-281 |
| Total Points | 212 | 612 |
| Winners | 48 | 131 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Passaro played 2 matches while Valkusz competed in 4 matches. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mate Valkusz lost 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Passaro has played 5 set(s) less than Valkusz (4 vs 9). Therefore, Passaro played 60 games less than Valkusz. Francesco scored 48 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian recorded 131 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 64/97 | 192/306 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 131/192 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 56/114 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 49% |
Passaro struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Valkusz bagged 10 aces (2.5 per match). Passaro won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Valkusz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 19 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 19/38 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 26 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 11 |
Francesco broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mate broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mate conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 59-39 | 125-87 | |
| Total points | 114 | 98 | 212 | |
| Winners | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 28/44 | 64/97 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 20/28 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 11/16 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 69% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 56% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Valkusz | ||||||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Q3 Merida |
R1 Taberner |
R2 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 93 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 118-117 | 83-70 | 59-39 | 331-281 | |
| Total points | 126 | 235 | 153 | 98 | 612 | |
| Winners | 25 | 40 | 40 | 26 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% | 48% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 68/113 | 52/80 | 35/53 | 192/306 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 60% | 65% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 40/68 | 40/52 | 26/35 | 131/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 59% | 77% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 22/45 | 11/28 | 11/18 | 56/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 49% | 39% | 61% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/21 | 3/6 | 4/5 | 19/38 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 33% | 50% | 80% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 6/12 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 75% | 50% | 113% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
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