Francesco Passaro and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the 2nd round of the Vicenza Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.33
Marco Cecchinato -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Marco Cecchinato
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
23 - 14win/loss
114
107
LWLWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 4-5 | 31-18 | 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. 134, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Maxime Janvier 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-1 6-2). During the match, Passaro scored 57 points vs Janvier’s 30. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francesco Passaro lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Janvier 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Passaro has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (157-121). 19-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has an aggregate126-86 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5.
Passaro has a composed 22-14 win-loss record in 2024, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vicenza Challenger
Marco Cecchinato
13 - 16win/loss
374
16
LLWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 403, Marco got to the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (6-3 6-4). During the match Cecchinato scored 63 points vs Neumayer’s 48. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Cecchinato was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marco broke Neumayer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Cecchinato has a compiled 13-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vicenza Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 57-30 | 63-48 |
| Total Points | 87 | 111 |
| Winners | 22 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Passaro and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Passaro played 4 games less than Cecchinato. The Italian scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 30 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 41/55 |
| %1st in | 73% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 64% |
Passaro bagged 3 aces . Cecchinato didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Passaro won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Francesco surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Cecchinato broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Neumayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-48 | 63-48 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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