Francesco Passaro and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Vicenza Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.23
Dmitry Popko -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Dmitry Popko

This will be the 2^nd time that Francesco Passaro and Dmitry Popko square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Popko won 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Todi Challenger back in 2021.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 134, Passaro reached the quarter after beating Maxime Janvier 6-1 6-2 and Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-3 6-2). During the match, Passaro scored 66 points vs Cecchinato’s 49. Francesco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Passaro couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve once. Furthermore, Passaro put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Francesco hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.

Passaro has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (158-121). 20-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has an aggregate127-86 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5.

Francesco has an aggregate 23-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vicenza Challenger

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 244, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Federico Iannaccone 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-3 6-1). During the match Popko scored 68 points vs Arnaboldi’s 49. Popko was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Popko made 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dmitry Popko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dmitry broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Popko has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Popko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,M15 Sunrise,M15 Palm Coast,M25 Naples,M25 Recife and M25 Feira de Santana.

Popko has a composed 47-13 win-loss record in 2024, 42-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Vicenza Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Popko
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	32	41
Pts	123-79	155-125
Total Points	202	280
Winners	45	46
%Winners	37%	30%

Both Passaro and Popko played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set(s) less than Popko (4 vs 5). Therefore, Passaro played 9 games less than Popko. Francesco scored 45 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 46 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Popko
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	1.5	4
1st in	67/94	65/124
%1st in	71%	52%
1st pts	45/67	46/65
%1st pts	67%	71%
2nd pts	22/27	38/59
%2nd pts	81%	64%

Passaro struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Popko recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Passaro won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 71% 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	Popko
Won	9	8
Converted	9/18	8/21
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	1	3
% Saved	33%	50%
Times Broken	2	3

Francesco broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Popko broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Janvier	R2 Cecchinato	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	17	32
pts	57-30	66-49	123-79
Total points	87	115	202
Winners	22	23	45
%Winners	39%	35%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	32/44	35/50	67/94
% 1st in	73%	70%	71%
1st pts	22/32	23/35	45/67
% 1st pts	69%	66%	67%
2nd pts	10/12	12/15	22/27
% 2nd pts	83%	80%	81%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/7	4/11	9/18
Converted %	71%	36%	50%
Conceded	2	1	3
Saved	1/2	0/1	1
Saved %	50%	0%	25%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Popko
	R1 Iannaccone	R2 Arnaboldi	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-1	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	25	16	41
pts	87-76	68-49	155-125
Total points	163	117	280
Winners	24	22	46
%Winners	28%	32%	30%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	39/79	26/45	65/124
% 1st in	49%	58%	52%
1st pts	24/39	22/26	46/65
% 1st pts	62%	85%	71%
2nd pts	27/40	11/19	38/59
% 2nd pts	68%	58%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/13	8/21
Converted %	50%	31%	38%
Conceded	6	0	6
Saved	3/6	0/0	3
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	3	0	3

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