Stefano Napolitano and Francesco Passaro will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Naples Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CAMPO D’AVALOS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.85
Francesco Passaro -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Francesco Passaro

There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Stefano Napolitano

Ranked no. 164, Stefano got to the 2^nd round after defeating Evan Furness 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-3 6-2). During the match, Napolitano scored 64 points vs Furness’s 44. Napolitano was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Napolitano scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Furness 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Napolitano has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (264-217). 1-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Napolitano has a compiled 131-103 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3.

Napolitano has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Naples Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 227, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Zsombor Piros 4-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Piros, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Passaro scored 106 points vs Piros’s 94. Passaro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Passaro made 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Piros 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Passaro has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Napolitano	Passaro
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	32
Pts	64-44	106-94
Total Points	108	200
Winners	23	43
%Winners	36%	41%

Both Napolitano and Passaro played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Passaro surrendered 1 set while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t conceded a set so far. Napolitano has played 1 set(s) less than Passaro (2 vs 3). Therefore, Napolitano played 15 games less than Passaro. Napolitano scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro struck 43 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Napolitano	Passaro
Aces	1	12
Avg per match	1	12
1st in	36/62	63/99
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	23/36	43/63
%1st pts	64%	68%
2nd pts	16/26	22/36
%2nd pts	62%	61%

Napolitano managed to score 1 ace . Passaro also scored 12 aces . Napolitano won 64% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Napolitano	Passaro
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/11
% Converted	50%	36%
Conceded	5	14
Saved	4	11
% Saved	80%	79%
Times Broken	1	3

Napolitano broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Passaro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Napolitano
	R1 Furness	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-44	64-44
Total points	108	108
Winners	23	23
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/62	36/62
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	23/36	23/36
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Passaro
	R1 Piros	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	106-94	106-94
Total points	200	200
Winners	43	43
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	63/99	63/99
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	43/63	43/63
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	22/36	22/36
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	11/14	11
Saved %	79%	79%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger

• Arthur GeaGea – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Zsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression

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• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction