Francesco Passaro and Illya Marchenko will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on VR BANK COURT 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.74
Illya Marchenko -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Illya Marchenko

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

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 207, Passaro will start his run in the Koblenz Challenger after he played his last match in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Moreno De Alboran in the 1^st round on the 16^th of January.

Passaro has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 138-110 record. He has a negative 4-7 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Koblenz Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Illya Marchenko

Ranked no. 228, the Ukrainian will start his run in the Koblenz Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-4 7-6(5) to Fatic in the qualifications on the 9^th of January.

The Ukrainian has an overall 0-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, Marchenko has an overall 589-429 record. He has a positive 227-129 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger

• Hazem Naow
  Naow – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-7³ 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin DammDamm – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oscar OtteOtte – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Jules MarieMarie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction