Francesco Passaro and Andrej Martin will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Maia Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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

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