Francesco Passaro and Javier Barranco Cosano will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 15. 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 -> 1.53
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Javier Barranco Cosano

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Javier Barranco Cosano since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
105
High
105
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 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. 105 (career-high), the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-3 7-63). During the match, Passaro scored 81 points vs Zeppieri’s 66. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Passaro struck 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Francesco Passaro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francesco broke Zeppieri once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Passaro has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (177-133). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has a compiled31-30 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Passaro has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Passaro's Record

Javier Barranco Cosano

Javier Barranco Cosano

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
227
High
211
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 41-31 8-5 33-25 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-20 0-2 29-17 4-1 0-0 0-0
2022 40-21 0-0 39-20 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 37-24 0-0 37-24 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 227, Javier reached the qualifications after defeating Facundo Mena 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Javier had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-4 6-2). During the match Barranco scored 61 points vs Mena’s 43. Javier was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Barranco blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Javier Barranco Cosano was very effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mena 4 times.

Barranco has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Javier has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Barranco's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Passaro
J.Barranco Cosano
1h:39
1h:39
Time on court​
1h:14
1h:14
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
81
81
Total points​
61
61
81
81
Avg point​
61
61
37
37
Winners
24
24
37
37
Avg Winners​
24
24
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
37/46
37/46
1st won total​
24/34
24/34
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
14/22
14/22
2nd won total​
11/16
11/16
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
1/7
1/7
BP won
4/4
4/4
1/7
1/7
Avg BP won
4/4
4/4
!
14%
14%
Won
!
100%
100%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Passaro Barranco
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 18
Pts 81-66 61-43
Total Points 147 104
Winners 37 24
%Winners 46% 39%

Both Passaro and Barranco played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Barranco have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Passaro played 4 games more than Barranco. Francesco scored 37 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Barranco fired 24 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Passaro Barranco
Aces 6 4
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 46/68 34/50
%1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 37/46 24/34
%1st pts 80% 71%
2nd pts 14/22 11/16
%2nd pts 64% 69%

Passaro managed to score 6 aces . Barranco scored 4 aces . Passaro won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Passaro Barranco
Won 1 4
Converted 1/7 4/4
% Converted 14% 100%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 3 3
% Saved 100% 75%
Times Broken 0 1

Francesco broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. The Italian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Barranco conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
Q1
Zeppieri
Total
Score 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 81-66 81-66
Total points 147 147
Winners 37 37
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 46/68 46/68
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 37/46 37/46
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 14/22 14/22
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/7 1/7
Converted % 14% 14%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Barranco
Q1
Mena
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 61-43 61-43
Total points 104 104
Winners 24 24
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 34/50 34/50
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 24/34 24/34
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/16 11/16
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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