Francesco Passaro and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 13. 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 -> 1.7
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 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), Francesco got to the qualifications after beating Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 7-6(3) and Javier Barranco Cosano 4-6 6-3 7-6(8).
In the qualifications against Barranco Cosano, Francesco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-68). During the match, Passaro scored 122 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 111. Passaro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 70% of his first serves in, winning 71% (55/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Barranco Cosano 3 times after converting 16% of his break points (3/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (178-133). 4-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a compiled32-30 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Francesco has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Nikoloz got to the qualifications after beating Cruz Hewitt 6-1 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (7-5 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 78 points vs Kachmazov’s 66. Basilashvili was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nikoloz broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Georgean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Nikoloz has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 39 |
| Pts | 203-177 | 147-116 |
| Total Points | 380 | 263 |
| Winners | 92 | 59 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Passaro and Basilashvili played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Francesco Passaro lost 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (5 vs 4). Therefore, Passaro played 15 games more than Basilashvili. The Italian scored 92 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili made 59 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 124/179 | 76/130 |
| %1st in | 69% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 92/124 | 59/76 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/55 | 30/54 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Passaro made 14 aces (7 per match). Basilashvili recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Passaro won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/26 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 15% | 39% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 70% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponents 4 times with a 15% conversion rate. Francesco surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | ||||
| Q1 Zeppieri |
Q2 Barranco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 4-6 6-3 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| pts | 81-66 | 122-111 | 203-177 | |
| Total points | 147 | 233 | 380 | |
| Winners | 37 | 55 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 78/111 | 124/179 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/46 | 55/78 | 92/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 15/33 | 29/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 3/19 | 4/26 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 16% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||
| Q1 Hewitt |
Q2 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 78-66 | 147-116 | |
| Total points | 119 | 144 | 263 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 43/76 | 76/130 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 34/43 | 59/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 18/33 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/6 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
WWLWW
WW Tennis Scores – Australian Open
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- Mark LajalLajal – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-73 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-75 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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- Matteo GiganteGigante – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vit KoprivaKopriva (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
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- Henrique RochaRocha – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
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- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (4-6 6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Benjamin HassanHassan (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
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- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (4-6 6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Benjamin HassanHassan (3-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vit KoprivaKopriva (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-6 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-7(5) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Hugo DellienDellien (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Billy HarrisHarris (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Blake EllisEllis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Clement ChidekhChidekh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
