Francesco Passaro and Federico Gaio will play each other in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.48
Federico Gaio -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Federico Gaio
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Federico Gaio since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 3-3 | 24-14 | 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 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 171, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-72 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Pellegrino, Passaro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 105 points vs Pellegrino’s 86. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, Passaro managed to score 4 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (54/76) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francesco broke Pellegrino 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (129-97). 14-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has a composed103-69 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Trieste Challenger.
Francesco has an overall 22-25 win-loss record in 2023, 14-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 2-7 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, Gaio got to the 2nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-73 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Nagal, Gaio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-2). During the match Gaio scored 104 points vs Nagal’s 92. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Gaio recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Federico Gaio was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (45/61) of his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gaio broke Nagal 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Federico’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and the Turin Challenger.
Gaio has a composed 36-20 win-loss record in 2023, 25-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 30 |
| Pts | 105-86 | 104-92 |
| Total Points | 191 | 196 |
| Winners | 54 | 45 |
| %Winners | 51% | 43% |
Both Passaro and Gaio played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro lost 1 set, while Federico Gaio lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Passaro played 1 game more than Gaio. Francesco scored 54 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Federico struck 45 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 9 |
| 1st in | 76/98 | 61/106 |
| %1st in | 78% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 45/61 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 24/45 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Passaro managed to score 4 aces . Gaio recorded 9 aces . Passaro won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 88% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francesco surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gaio conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-86 | 105-86 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 76/98 | 76/98 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 104-92 | 104-92 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/106 | 61/106 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Verona Challenger
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- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Max HoukesHoukes (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (7-5 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Sumit NagalNagal (6-73 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-2 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (2-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Nick HardtHardt (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Max HoukesHoukes (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
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- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Benjamin HassanHassan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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