Francesco Passaro and Damir Dzumhur will square off in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 3. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.6
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Damir Dzumhur
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Damir Dzumhur face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Passaro won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Como Challenger back in 2022.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-27 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-7 | 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. 108 (career-high), Passaro will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Manama Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Giustino in the 2nd round on the 15th of February.
Passaro has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Passaro has an overall 113-78 record. He has a positive 22-19 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Passaro 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. 208, Dzumhur will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Vilnius Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Broady in the semifinal on the 11th of February.
Dzumhur has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Bosnian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger.
In terms of his career, Damir has an overall 484-336 record. He has a positive 104-95 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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