Ugo Blanchet and Francesco Passaro will face off in the quarter of the Naples Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO FABRIZIO GASPARINI. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.363
Ugo Blanchet -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Ugo Blanchet vs. Francesco Passaro

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

Ugo Blanchet

Ranked no. 199, Blanchet reached the quarter after beating Nerman Fatic 6-3 6-4 and Maximilian Marterer w/o.

In the 2^nd round, Ugo defeated Marterer (w/o). During the match, Blanchet and Marterer scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 199 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Ugo was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Regarding the service games, Blanchet couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Ugo Blanchet conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Blanchet has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (201-131). 2-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanchet has a composed75-50 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Blanchet has an aggregate 5-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Naples Challenger

Blanchet has never competed in this tournament before.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 227, Francesco reached the quarter after beating Zsombor Piros 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Stefano Napolitano 7-6⁶ 0-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Italian defeated Napolitano (7-6⁶ 0-6 6-4).During the match Passaro scored less points (6) than Napolitano. In fact, the world no. 199 won 94 points vs Napolitano’s. That means that Passaro was more focused during the important points. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Passaro struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 74% of his first serves in, winning 66% (46/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Napolitano twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Passaro has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blanchet	Passaro
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	19	61
Pts	67-55	200-194
Total Points	122	394
Winners	28	89
%Winners	42%	45%

Blanchet played 1 match while Passaro competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Francesco Passaro lost 2 sets while Ugo Blanchet hasn’t lost a set so far. Blanchet has played 4 set(s) less than Passaro (2 vs 6). Therefore, Blanchet played 42 games less than Passaro. Ugo scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro struck 89 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blanchet	Passaro
Aces	2	14
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	42/71	133/194
%1st in	59%	69%
1st pts	28/42	89/133
%1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	18/29	35/61
%2nd pts	62%	57%

Blanchet scored 2 aces . Passaro struck 14 aces (7 per match). Blanchet won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blanchet	Passaro
Won	3	6
Converted	3/4	6/15
% Converted	75%	40%
Conceded	5	24
Saved	4	17
% Saved	80%	71%
Times Broken	1	7

Blanchet broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ugo surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Blanchet
	R1 Fatic	R2 Marterer	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	–	2
Tot Games	19	–	19
pts	67-55	–	67-55
Total points	122	–	122
Winners	28	–	28
%Winners	42%	–	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	–	2
Double Faults	1	–	1
1st in	42/71	–	42/71
% 1st in	59%	–	59%
1st pts	28/42	–	28/42
% 1st pts	67%	–	67%
2nd pts	18/29	–	18/29
% 2nd pts	62%	–	62%
Breaks
Won	3	–	3
Converted	3/4	–	3/4
Converted %	75%	–	75%
Conceded	5	–	5
Saved	4/5	–	4
Saved %	80%	–	40%
Times Broken	1	–	1

Passaro
	R1 Piros	R2 Napolitano	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5	7-66 0-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	29	61
pts	106-94	94-100	200-194
Total points	200	194	394
Winners	43	46	89
%Winners	41%	49%	45%
SERVE
Aces	12	2	14
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	63/99	70/95	133/194
% 1st in	64%	74%	69%
1st pts	43/63	46/70	89/133
% 1st pts	68%	66%	67%
2nd pts	22/36	13/25	35/61
% 2nd pts	61%	52%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/11	2/4	6/15
Converted %	36%	50%	40%
Conceded	14	10	24
Saved	11/14	6/10	17
Saved %	79%	60%	70%
Times Broken	3	4	7

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