Francesco Passaro and Mathias Bourgue will play each other in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.47
Mathias Bourgue -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Mathias Bourgue
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Mathias Bourgue since this will be the first time that they will square off 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, Passaro got to the quarter after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 6-72 6-2 6-4 and Federico Gaio 6-711 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Gaio, Passaro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-711 6-4 6-2). During the match, Passaro scored 111 points vs Gaio’s 94. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was very efficient on serve to win 76% (61/80) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Passaro broke Gaio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (130-97). 15-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has an aggregate104-69 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Passaro’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Trieste Challenger.
Francesco has a composed 23-25 win-loss record in 2023, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.
Mathias Bourgue
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-20 | 0-1 | 8-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 6-4 | 22-13 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 22-19 | 5-5 | 7-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 6-7 | 11-9 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 7-7 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, the French player got to the quarter after beating Simon Anthony Ivanov 6-3 6-3, Giorgio Tabacco 6-4 7-5, Pedro Martinez Portero 5-7 6-2 6-2 and Jiri Vesely 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Vesely, Bourgue recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Bourgue scored 86 points vs Vesely’s 72. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Bourgue recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mathias Bourgue was quite effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bourgue broke Vesely 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mathias started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Mathias’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sabadell.
Bourgue has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 94 |
| Pts | 216-180 | 320-249 |
| Total Points | 396 | 569 |
| Winners | 115 | 138 |
| %Winners | 53% | 43% |
Passaro played 2 matches while Bourgue competed in 4 matches. Bourgue started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro conceded 2 sets, while Mathias Bourgue conceded 2 sets. Passaro has played 4 set(s) less than Bourgue (6 vs 10). Therefore, Passaro played 32 games less than Bourgue. Passaro scored 115 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 138 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 156/193 | 190/272 |
| %1st in | 81% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 115/156 | 138/190 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 55/82 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 67% |
Passaro scored 6 aces (3 per match). Bourgue bagged 29 aces (7.3 per match). Passaro won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bourgue won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 16 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 16/38 |
| % Converted | 42% | 42% |
| Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Passaro dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Bourgue broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 6-4 | 6-711 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| pts | 105-86 | 111-94 | 216-180 | |
| Total points | 191 | 205 | 396 | |
| Winners | 54 | 61 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 55% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 76/98 | 80/95 | 156/193 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 84% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 61/80 | 115/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 9/15 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/10 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bourgue | ||||||
| Q1 Anthony |
Q3 Tabacco |
R1 Martinez Portero |
R2 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 94 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 73-57 | 98-79 | 86-72 | 320-249 | |
| Total points | 104 | 130 | 177 | 158 | 569 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 45 | 40 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 46% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 37/55 | 65/93 | 54/76 | 190/272 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 70% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 29/37 | 45/65 | 40/54 | 138/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 69% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 11/18 | 18/28 | 16/22 | 55/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 61% | 64% | 73% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/12 | 4/11 | 3/9 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 33% | 36% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 1/3 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 83% | 80% | 98% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
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