Duje Ajdukovic and Francesco Passaro will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on GRAND STAND ARENA. 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.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.71
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Francesco Passaro
This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Francesco Passaro fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Ajdukovic won 7-6(2) 5-7 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Forli Challenger back in 2021.
Duje Ajdukovic
16 - 13win/loss
130
115
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 129, Duje reached the qualifications after beating Zsombor Piros 7-62 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ajdukovic defeated Piros (7-62 3-6 6-2). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 101 points vs Piros’s 95. Ajdukovic was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic fired 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Piros 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (240-150). 5-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has an overall175-100 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Croatian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Duje has a composed 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
13 - 13win/loss
133
108
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 18-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 240, Passaro got to the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-5 7-5). During the match Passaro scored 81 points vs Kovacevic’s 66. Francesco was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Passaro scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was quite effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francesco broke Kovacevic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Naples Challenger.
Francesco has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 24 |
| Pts | 101-95 | 81-66 |
| Total Points | 196 | 147 |
| Winners | 43 | 25 |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% |
Both Ajdukovic and Passaro played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic conceded 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t lost a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Passaro (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 6 games more than Passaro. Ajdukovic scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco scored 25 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10 |
| 1st in | 61/91 | 31/61 |
| %1st in | 67% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 25/31 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 21/30 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 70% |
Ajdukovic struck 10 aces . Passaro blasted 10 aces . Ajdukovic won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Duje broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Duje surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| Q1 Piros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-95 | 101-95 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 61/91 | 61/91 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Passaro | |||
| Q1 Kovacevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 81-66 | 81-66 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/61 | 31/61 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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