Francesco Passaro and Fernando Verdasco will square off in the 1^st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on PISTA RAFA NADAL. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.32
Fernando Verdasco -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Fernando Verdasco

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 125, Passaro will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in the Madrid Challenger where he lost 0-6 6-2 6-3 to Shevchenko in the semifinal on the 15^th of April.

The Italian has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Passaro’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Francesco has an overall 119-84 record. He has a positive 93-57 record on clay.

Previously in Barcelona

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Fernando Verdasco

Ranked no. 244, the Spaniard will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Houston where he lost 7-6(7) 6-0 to Murray Kubler in the 1^st round on the 3^rd of April.

Verdasco has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Spaniard has an overall 663-501 record. He has a positive 267-174 record on clay.

Tennis Scores in Barcelona

• Pavel KotovKotov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Attila BalazsBalazs (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ben SheltonShelton – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio GomezGomez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• David GoffinGoffin – Feliciano LopezLopez (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro CachinCachin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jozef KovalikKovalik (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction