Francesco Passaro and Vilius Gaubas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.57
Vilius Gaubas -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Vilius Gaubas
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Vilius Gaubas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
36 - 24win/loss
114
107
WLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-24 | 4-5 | 32-18 | 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. 114, Passaro reached the 2nd round after beating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-2 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 61 points vs Janvier’s 39. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Francesco Passaro lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Passaro put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. Passaro 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 57% of his matches (171-131). 32-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has a compiled139-93 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Genova Challenger where he beat Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 7-5 6-3.
Passaro has an aggregate 36-24 win-loss record in 2024, 32-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vilius Gaubas
48 - 34win/loss
187
179
WLWLLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-34 | 7-4 | 40-27 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-26 | 3-3 | 55-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-17 | 4-4 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, Vilius got to the 2nd round after defeating Kalin Ivanovski 7-6(4) 7-6(5) and Edas Butvilas 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Lithuanian had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (7-5 6-4). During the match Gaubas scored 72 points vs Butvilas’s 68. The Lithuanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Gaubas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vilius Gaubas lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gaubas put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cordenons Challenger where he overcame Carlos Taberner in the final 2-6 6-2 6-4.
Gaubas has an aggregate 48-34 win-loss record in 2024, 40-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 48 |
| Pts | 61-39 | 163-147 |
| Total Points | 100 | 310 |
| Winners | 18 | 85 |
| %Winners | 30% | 52% |
Passaro played 1 match while Gaubas competed in 2 matches. Gaubas 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 2 set(s) less than Gaubas (2 vs 4). Therefore, Passaro played 30 games less than Gaubas. The Italian scored 18 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Gaubas made 85 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 110/159 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 85/110 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 28/49 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 57% |
Passaro made 1 ace . Gaubas also managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Passaro won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Gaubas won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Gaubas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Passaro broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Vilius broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Vilius conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gaubas | |||||
| Q1 Ivanovski |
Q3 Martin |
R1 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-65 | 6-4 6-76 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 32 | 22 | 80 | |
| pts | 91-79 | – | 72-68 | 163-147 | |
| Total points | 170 | 0 | 140 | 310 | |
| Winners | 47 | 38 | 85 | ||
| %Winners | 52% | 0% | 53% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 53/83 | / | 57/76 | 110/159 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 75% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/53 | / | 38/57 | 85/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 0% | 67% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | / | 12/19 | 28/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 0% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 1/4 | / | 3/8 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 0% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 75% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
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