Francesco Passaro and Giulio Zeppieri will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.61
Francesco Passaro -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Giulio Zeppieri

This will be the 4th time that Francesco Passaro and Giulio Zeppieri fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zeppieri (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Passaro won 6-4 3-0 ret. in the 2nd round in the Forli 6 Challenger back in 2022.

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
108
High
107
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 39-25 4-5 35-19 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

Ranked no. 108, Francesco will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Martinez Portero in the 1st round on the 31st of December.

Passaro has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 176-133 record. He has a flat 30-30 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Passaro's Record

Giulio Zeppieri

Giulio Zeppieri

18 - 18win/loss

Hard
8-4
I Hard
3-4
Clay
7-10
Rank
237
High
110
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-18 8-4 7-10 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 41-26 7-5 19-13 14-7 1-1 0-0
2022 30-31 1-2 25-22 4-6 0-1 0-0
2021 27-20 0-0 26-16 1-4 0-0 0-0
2020 9-12 0-0 7-7 1-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 237, Giulio will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Sassuolo Challenger where he lost 3-3 ret. to Klizan in the 1st round on the 18th of June.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 157-129 record. He has a positive 16-11 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Zeppieri's Record

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