Mikael Ymer and Francesco Passaro will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Mikael Ymer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.24
Francesco Passaro -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Francesco Passaro
There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 59 (career-high), Mikael will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Marseille where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) to Hurkacz in the quarter on the 24th of February.
Ymer has an overall 15-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ymer’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Ymer has an overall 269-156 record. He has a positive 57-33 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
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. 110, Francesco reached the 1st round after beating Yuki Bhambri 4-1 ret..
Francesco has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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