Francesco Passaro and Michael Vrbensky will face off in the 2^nd round of the Prostejov Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.144
Michael Vrbensky -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Michael Vrbensky

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

The last time that they locked horns, Passaro won 6-2 6-0 in the 1^st round in the Cordenons Challenger back in 2023.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 134, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Alex Molcan 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-1 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 58 points vs Molcan’s 36. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Passaro scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was very efficient on serve to win 95% (19/20) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Molcan 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Passaro has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (160-122). 22-12 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has a compiled129-87 record in the last 7 years on clay.

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

Passaro has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prostejov Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Michael Vrbensky

Ranked no. 296, the Czech reached the 2^nd round after defeating Patrik Rikl 6-4 7-5, Bogdan Bobrov 6-1 6-4 and Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-3 6-4). During the match Vrbensky scored 71 points vs Safwat’s 55. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Vrbensky recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Vrbensky broke Safwat 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Split.

The Czech has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prostejov Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Vrbensky
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	17	58
Pts	58-36	200-160
Total Points	94	360
Winners	19	72
%Winners	33%	36%

Passaro played 1 match while Vrbensky competed in 3 matches. Vrbensky started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Passaro has played 4 set(s) less than Vrbensky (2 vs 6). Therefore, Passaro played 41 games less than Vrbensky. Francesco scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Michael struck 72 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Vrbensky
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	2.3
1st in	20/44	98/183
%1st in	45%	54%
1st pts	19/20	72/98
%1st pts	95%	73%
2nd pts	15/24	53/85
%2nd pts	63%	62%

Passaro blasted 5 aces . Vrbensky made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Passaro won 95% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Vrbensky
Won	4	9
Converted	4/5	9/21
% Converted	80%	43%
Conceded	2	5
Saved	1	3
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	1	2

Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Passaro dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Vrbensky conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Molcan	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-36	58-36
Total points	94	94
Winners	19	19
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	20/44	20/44
% 1st in	45%	45%
1st pts	19/20	19/20
% 1st pts	95%	95%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Vrbensky
	Q1 Rikl	Q3 Bobrov	R1 Safwat	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	17	19	58
pts	68-60	61-45	71-55	200-160
Total points	128	106	126	360
Winners	26	22	24	72
%Winners	38%	36%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	4	7
Double Faults	5	4	2	11
1st in	33/66	29/56	36/61	98/183
% 1st in	50%	52%	59%	54%
1st pts	26/33	22/29	24/36	72/98
% 1st pts	79%	76%	67%	73%
2nd pts	21/33	15/27	17/25	53/85
% 2nd pts	64%	56%	68%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	4	3	9
Converted	2/7	4/6	3/8	9/21
Converted %	29%	67%	38%	43%
Conceded	0	1	4	5
Saved	0/0	0/1	3/4	3
Saved %	–	0%	75%	75%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Prostejov Challenger

• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Matias SotoSoto (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-7⁷ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski – Dominik Recek/Daniel SiniakovRecek/Daniel Siniakov (3-6 6-2 10-8) – See score progression
• Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Dennis NovakNovak (6-2 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Martin KlizanKlizan (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-7(7) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Matias SotoSoto (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction