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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Mikael Ymer

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Rank
750
High
50
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-3 0-0 1-1 6-2 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.

Dubai
Ymer's Record

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

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Rank
90
High
89
WWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-4 5-3 4-1 0-0 0-0 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.

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Francesco has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Dubai
Passaro's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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  • Lorenzo SonegoSonegoMarc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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