Francesco Passaro and Elias Ymer will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Naples Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.47
Elias Ymer -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Elias Ymer
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Elias Ymer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ymer won 7-6(5) 6-0 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2023.
Francesco Passaro
9 - 4win/loss
128
89
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-27 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 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. 94,he will start his run in the Naples Challenger after he played his last match in Buenos Aires where he defeated 2-6 7-6(6) 6-1 to Bautista in the qualifications on the 9th of February.
The Italian has a composed 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Passaro has an overall 183-136 record. He has a positive 146-95 record on clay.
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
Elias Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-31 | 11-7 | 16-20 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, Elias reached the 1st round after beating Gianluca Cadenasso 6-3 7-5 and Oleksandr Ovcharenko 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ymer defeated Ovcharenko (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Ymer scored 105 points vs Ovcharenko’s 98. Ymer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 51% (25/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Ymer broke Ovcharenko 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swede started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Elias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Chennai Challenger.
Ymer has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Murkel DellienDellien – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Borna GojoGojo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction