Brandon Nakashima and Francesco Passaro will clash against each other in the quarter of the Turin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.58
Francesco Passaro -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Francesco Passaro
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Francesco Passaro clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 4-3(4) 4-2 4-1 in the R in Next gen atp finals back in 2022.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs Francesco Passaro – Next gen atp finals 10-November-2022
Brandon Nakashima
34 - 14win/loss
38
35
LLLWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 72, Nakashima reached the quarter after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 4-3 ret. and Mariano Navone 4-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Navone, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Nakashima scored 101 points vs Navone’s 90. Nakashima was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Navone 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (199-121). 12-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has an aggregate28-25 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Brandon has a compiled 34-13 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Turin Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
20 - 14win/loss
108
107
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 240, Passaro reached the quarter after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 6-76 6-2 and Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-5 7-64). During the match Passaro scored 83 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 78. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Passaro made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Passaro broke Ruusuvuori twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Francesco’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Naples Challenger.
Francesco has a composed 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Turin Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 54 |
| Pts | 157-129 | 194-172 |
| Total Points | 286 | 366 |
| Winners | 67 | 85 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Nakashima and Passaro played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set, while Francesco Passaro surrendered 1 set. Nakashima has played 1 set more than Passaro (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Nakashima played 11 games less than Passaro. Brandon scored 67 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco scored 85 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 92/143 | 115/189 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 67/92 | 85/115 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 43/74 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 58% |
Nakashima blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Passaro struck 8 aces (4 per match). Nakashima won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 47% | 33% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nakashima surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Nishioka |
R2 Navone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-3 ret. | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 56-39 | 101-90 | 157-129 | |
| Total points | 95 | 191 | 286 | |
| Winners | 24 | 43 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 62/99 | 92/143 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 43/62 | 67/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 17/37 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/12 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 42% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-76 6-2 | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 25 | 54 | |
| pts | 111-94 | 83-78 | 194-172 | |
| Total points | 205 | 161 | 366 | |
| Winners | 45 | 40 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 52/88 | 115/189 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 40/52 | 85/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 20/36 | 43/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/7 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 29% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Turin Challenger
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- Andreas Mies/Neal SkupskiMies/Neal Skupski – Fernando Romboli/Marcelo ZormannRomboli/Marcelo Zormann (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Romain Arneodo/Tristan-Samuel WeissbornArneodo/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn – Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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