Francesco Passaro and Francisco Comesana will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Vicenza Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.5
Francisco Comesana -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Comesana

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

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 128, Francesco reached the semifinal after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 7-5 6-3, Nicholas David Ionel 6-3 1-6 7-6² and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 62 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 50. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Passaro bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 77% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rodriguez Taverna 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Passaro has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Passaro has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (123-90). 8-8 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a compiled97-63 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

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

Francesco has a compiled 16-18 win-loss record in 2023, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vicenza Challenger

Francisco Comesana

Ranked no. 241, Comesana reached the semifinal after beating Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 7-6⁴, Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 2-6 6-3 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-2). During the match Comesana scored 64 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 42. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Comesana scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Comesana lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Comesana put 67% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Pucinelli De Almeida 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Francisco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman and the Skopje Challenger.

The Argentine has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2023, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vicenza Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Comesana
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	69	64
Pts	216-191	225-181
Total Points	407	406
Winners	111	89
%Winners	51%	40%

Both Passaro and Comesana played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set, while Francisco Comesana dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Comesana have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Passaro played 5 games more than Comesana. The Italian scored 111 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco fired 89 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Comesana
Aces	4	9
Avg per match	1.3	3
1st in	157/212	120/185
%1st in	74%	65%
1st pts	111/157	89/120
%1st pts	71%	74%
2nd pts	31/55	32/65
%2nd pts	56%	49%

Passaro fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Comesana scored 9 aces (3 per match). Passaro won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Comesana won 74% of the points on 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	Comesana
Won	8	13
Converted	8/10	13/31
% Converted	80%	42%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	4	6
% Saved	44%	46%
Times Broken	5	7

The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Neuchrist	R2 David	1/4 Rodriguez	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 1-6 7-62	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	29	19	69
pts	67-53	87-88	62-50	216-191
Total points	120	175	112	407
Winners	33	44	34	111
%Winners	49%	51%	55%	51%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2	4
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	46/63	63/87	48/62	157/212
% 1st in	73%	72%	77%	74%
1st pts	33/46	44/63	34/48	111/157
% 1st pts	72%	70%	71%	71%
2nd pts	12/17	12/24	7/14	31/55
% 2nd pts	71%	50%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/3	2/4	3/3	8/10
Converted %	100%	50%	100%	80%
Conceded	2	5	2	9
Saved	1/2	2/5	1/2	4
Saved %	50%	40%	50%	47%
Times Broken	1	3	1	5

Comesana
	R1 Coppejans	R2 Sachko	1/4 Pucinelli De Almeida	Total
Score	6-3 7-64	6-3 2-6 6-3	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	26	16	64
pts	83-69	78-70	64-42	225-181
Total points	152	148	106	406
Winners	35	29	25	89
%Winners	42%	37%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	1	9
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	46/69	41/67	33/49	120/185
% 1st in	67%	61%	67%	65%
1st pts	35/46	29/41	25/33	89/120
% 1st pts	76%	71%	76%	74%
2nd pts	12/23	12/26	8/16	32/65
% 2nd pts	52%	46%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	5	5	13
Converted	3/12	5/12	5/7	13/31
Converted %	25%	42%	71%	42%
Conceded	7	4	2	13
Saved	5/7	0/4	1/2	6
Saved %	71%	0%	50%	40%
Times Broken	2	4	1	7

Tennis Scores in Vicenza Challenger

• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction