Francesco Passaro and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 am on SOFIA HALL 1. 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.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.3
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-26 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 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. 214, the Italian will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Bergamo Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Goffin in the 2nd round on the 1st of November.
Passaro has an overall 27-33 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Passaro’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Trieste Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 134-105 record. He has a negative 3-5 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-30 | 18-5 | 29-20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 332, Kirkin will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Bergamo Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Sels in the qualifications on the 29th
of October.Kirkin has a compiled 45-24 win-loss record in 2023, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Ergi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Belgrade and M25 Tainan.
In terms of his career, Kirkin has an overall 208-143 record. He has a negative 14-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Alexander DonskiDonski (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Alexander ErlerErler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction