Francesco Passaro and Andrej Martin will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.31
Andrej Martin -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Andrej Martin
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Andrej Martin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
38 - 24win/loss
114
107
WWWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-24 | 4-5 | 34-18 | 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, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-4, Vilius Gaubas 1-6 6-3 6-2 and Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-1 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 67 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 50. Passaro was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was very effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Passaro broke Merida Aguilar 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Passaro has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (173-131). 34-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has a composed141-93 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Genova Challenger where he overcame Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 7-5 6-3.
Francesco has a composed 38-24 win-loss record in 2024, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrej Martin
40 - 11win/loss
509
93
WWWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-11 | 1-1 | 39-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-20 | 0-1 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-35 | 0-3 | 40-31 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-20 | 2-4 | 14-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 509, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after defeating Johannes Ingildsen 6-3 7-5, Vilius Gaubas 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3, Francisco Rocha 6-3 6-2, Pedro Araujo 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 and Henrique Rocha 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Rocha (7-5 6-3). During the match Martin scored 75 points vs Rocha’s 60. Martin was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Martin was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Andrej Martin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 46% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Rocha 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Martin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Bergamo,M15 Slovenska Bistrica,M15 Poprad and M15 Vienna.
Andrej has an overall 40-11 win-loss record in 2024, 39-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 123 |
| Pts | 200-154 | 458-379 |
| Total Points | 354 | 837 |
| Winners | 72 | 170 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Passaro played 3 matches while Martin competed in 5 matches. Martin started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro conceded 1 set, while Andrej Martin lost 2 sets. Passaro has played 5 set(s) less than Martin (7 vs 12). Therefore, Passaro played 64 games less than Martin. Passaro scored 72 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Andrej scored 170 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.2 |
| 1st in | 107/170 | 243/424 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 72/107 | 170/243 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 40/63 | 96/181 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Passaro bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Martin fired 16 aces (3.2 per match). Passaro won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Martin won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 25 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 25/59 |
| % Converted | 52% | 42% |
| Conceded | 13 | 39 |
| Saved | 7 | 25 |
| % Saved | 54% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 14 |
Francesco broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Francesco dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Andrej broke his opponents 25 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Gaubas |
1/4 Merida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 | 17 | 59 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 72-65 | 67-50 | 200-154 | |
| Total points | 100 | 137 | 117 | 354 | |
| Winners | 18 | 28 | 26 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 45/70 | 36/59 | 107/170 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 28/45 | 26/36 | 72/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 15/25 | 13/23 | 40/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 60% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 | 4/11 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 57% | 36% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 75% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Martin | |||||||
| Q1 Ingildsen |
Q3 Gaubas |
R1 Rocha |
R2 Araujo |
1/4 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-76 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-74 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 | 17 | 32 | 21 | 123 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 129-115 | 58-36 | 119-107 | 75-60 | 458-379 | |
| Total points | 138 | 244 | 94 | 226 | 135 | 837 | |
| Winners | 32 | 49 | 24 | 44 | 21 | 170 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 41% | 37% | 28% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 69/115 | 34/52 | 67/122 | 31/68 | 243/424 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 65% | 55% | 46% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 49/69 | 24/34 | 44/67 | 21/31 | 170/243 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 71% | 66% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 24/46 | 10/18 | 27/55 | 17/37 | 96/181 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 52% | 56% | 49% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/14 | 5/10 | 7/13 | 6/15 | 25/59 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 36% | 50% | 54% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 39 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/14 | 2/6 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 70% | 60% | 64% | 33% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 4-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Henrique RochaRocha (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Vlad Victor Cornea/Mick VeldheerVictor Cornea/Mick Veldheer – Joao Dinis Silva/Tiago SilvaDinis Silva/Tiago Silva (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Theo Arribage/Francisco CabralArribage/Francisco Cabral – Nicolas Alvarez Varona/Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoAlvarez Varona/Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – N.Sriram Balaji/Rithvik Choudary BollipalliBalaji/Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (3-6 6-3 10-6) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Henrique RochaRocha (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Federico CoriaCoria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
